Lennart Rodhe
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Lennart Rodhe was a Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 artist, painter and printmaker.

Lennart Rodhe enrolled as a student in 1934 at Edward Berggrens studio at Tekniska skolan
Konstfack
Konstfack or University College of Arts, Crafts and Design is a university college for higher education in the area of art, crafts and design in Stockholm, Sweden.- History :...

 in Stockholm, and studied under Peter Rostrup-Boyesen i Köpenhamn and at the Royal University College of Fine Arts
Royal University College of Fine Arts
The Royal Institute of Art is an institution in Stockholm, Sweden for higher education in art, founded in 1735. The school was part of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, until 1978 when it was made independent. It is under the supervision of the Ministry of Education.-External links:*...

 in Stockholm 1938-44 with Sven X:et Erixon as teacher. He also studied anatomy at Kunstakademiet i Köpenhamn.
Lennart Rodhe is considered one of the most prominent of the Swedish modernists, notable as a professor at Royal University College of Fine Arts
Royal University College of Fine Arts
The Royal Institute of Art is an institution in Stockholm, Sweden for higher education in art, founded in 1735. The school was part of the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts, until 1978 when it was made independent. It is under the supervision of the Ministry of Education.-External links:*...

 in Stockholm, as someone who strongly influenced his students, such as Peter Dahl
Peter Dahl
Peter Dahl, born 16 February, 1934 in Oslo, Norway, is a Norwegian-born Swedish painter and printmaker.Dahl came to Sweden as a child in February 1939, when his parents settled in the Stockholm district of Bromma...

 and Olle Bauman, although his strict methods of education based on the study of model drawing scared off some students.
He was also a member of 1947 års män (the men of the year 1947), who in 1947 exhibited at the exhibition Ung konst at Gallery Färg och Form at Brunkebergstorg in Stockholm
Stockholm
Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

.

Books

  • Lennart Rodhe, by Ulf Linde, Bonniers små konstböcker 2, Stockholm, Sweden 1962
  • Lennart Rodhe, by Thomas Millroth, Sveriges Allmänna Konstförenings publikation 98, Stockholm, Sweden 1989,
  • Lennart Rodhe, Atlantis, Stockholm, Sweden 1990, ISBN 91-7486-925-6
  • Rumsbildning, by Lars-Göran Oredsson, Kalejdoskop, Åhus,Sweden 1991, ISBN 91-7936-048-3
  • Rodhe som Grafiker, by Börje Magnusson och Thomas Millroth, Stockholm, Sweden 1993, ISBN 91-972056-0-5
  • Bagateller, by Per Bjurström, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm, Sweden 1995, ISBN 91-7798-962-7
  • Blockteckningar och reseskisser, by Per Bjurström, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm, Sweden 1995, ISBN 91-7798-963-5
  • Kyrkogården - Växthuset, by Per Bjurström, Carlsson Bokförlag, Stockholm, Sweden 1997, ISBN 91-7203-228-6
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