Tor Bjurström (13 July 1888 – 7 September 1966) was a Swedish artist specialising in landscape and portrait works.
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| Born | 13 July 1888 Stockholm, Sweden |
| Died | 7 September 1966 (aged 78) |
Early life and career
editTor Bjurström was born in Stockholm in 1888 to Per Gustaf Bjurström and Gustava Matilda Johanna Johansson. His father Per Gustaf was a wholesaler. Bjurström studied at the Swedish Artists Asscoaition school in the period 1905-07 under Richard Bergh and Karl Nordström in Stockholm, and then with Kristian Zahrtmann in Copenhagen in 1907-08. Following this Bjurström followed his contemporaries to Paris where he stayed from 1908-14, studying under Matisse,[1] before leaving for Norway and Denmark during the First World War. His teachers and influences also included Van Dongen, and Othon Friesz.[2][3]
From 1927 onward Bjurström was active as a teacher of the Valands painting school in Gothenburg, where he was also a curator of an art gallery from 1936 onwards. In 1940 Bjurström joined the State Art Council as a deputy.[2] In 1961 Tor Bjurström received the Swedish Prins Eugen medal.[4] A lecture hall at Sahlgrenska Academy is named after him.[5]
Bjurström was a leading member of the "Göteborgskolorisrer" ("Göteborg colourists").[6]
Personal life
editBjurström married his wife Vera in 1919, with whom he had two children, Jesper Bjurström (1918–1998) and architect Frederik Bjurström (1920-1999). He is buried in Lidingö cemetery.
References
edit- ^ "Tor Bjurström". Uppslagsverket. NE Nationalencyklopedin AB. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ a b BOHMAN, Nils; Cornell, Jan; Dahl, Torsten; Grevæus, Gudrun; Lindman, Sigurd; Rogeby, Ragna; Siwertz-Norling, Margit; Wieselgren, Oscar (1942). Svenska män och kvinnor : biografisk uppslagsbok / 1. A-B /. STOCKHOLM: Albert Bonniers förlag. p. 331. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ Svenskuppslagsbok. Svensk uppslagsbok AB. pp. 1257–1258. Archived from the original on 2015-01-12. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
- ^ "Tor Bjurström". Kungahuset. Kungl. Hovstaterna. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Lindström, Elin (10 September 2021). "Lecture hall Tor Bjurström is now a multi-purpose hall". Akademiliv. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
- ^ Wettre, Håkan (1977). De sökte färgen i det grå Göteborg: Tor Bjurström och göteborgskoloristerna. Konstens Göteborg. pp. 102–113. Retrieved 14 July 2022.
