Runfelt studied under Nils Sjögren and Eric Grate at the
Stockholm Academy of Arts between 1939-1945 and made several study trips to the
USA and around Europe while studying in Italy at the Accademia di Belle Arti in
Rome. During his studies, he showed an extra interest in primitive art that
appeared at various ethnographic museums which he later used to use in his own
art.
His most famous sculpture is the ‘Gubben med geten’ , which is placed in several copies around the country; a beautiful sculpture of a beret wearing man with his goat. During a trip
in France he is said to have seen how similar goats and men are.
Fritz H Eriksson , the initiator of the sculpture collection
in Västertorp , Stockholm, saw the sketches from France and ordered the
artwork. Runfelt is represented at the Modern Museum in Stockholm, the Västerås
Art Museum and the Borås Art Museum.
Daan, the man in this fantastic sculpture looks a bit like you with YOUR beard and YOUR boina! I love it!
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