Arvid Lorentz
Fougstedt was a Swedish painter and cartoonist. He worked for a time as a
draughtsman at the Swedish satirical magazine ‘Puck’ before moving to Paris to
continue his studies.
There he studied at the Académie Colarossi under
Christian Krohg and at the Henri Matisse school. In 1916 he journeyed to Madrid
where he was commissioned to copy Memling’s altar piece triptych in the Prado
Museum. On his return to Sweden in 1917, his style reached a synthesis of
French Empire, French Cubism, German Renaissance and Dutch early Renaissance.
In 1918 he produced "Ingredients in David's studio" a painting statement
that aligned himself with the New Objectivity movement.
He established himself as a major portrait artist. He became
in 1934 a member of the Academy of Arts and in 1937 professor of drawing there.
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