Bror Hjorth

Bror Hjorth (born 1894 in Marma, Sweden, died May 21 1968 in Uppsala, Sweden) was a Swedish artist.

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Hjorth was one of Sweden?s best-known sculptors and painters, and was professor of art at the Royal University College of Fine Arts in Stockholm from 1949 to 1959. On completion of his studies, he lived in Uppsala, where he built his studio home in K?bo, now the Bror Hjorths Hus museum. He was awarded the Sergel Prize in 1955.

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In 1915, Hjorth spent a month studying under Caleb Althin and a month studying under G. Hallstr?m. He took a break from his studies from 1915 to 1919 due to illness, before enrolling at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen for a year and a half, followed by four years studying sculpture in Paris under Antoine Bourdelle.

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