Algot Törneman

The painting Algot with a teddy bear (1921) of Algot Törneman by his father Axel Törneman.

Jarl Algot Gustav Törneman, nicknamed P.[1] (1 September 1909 – 5 May 1993)[2] was a Swedish enamel artist and painter.

Early life

Törneman was born on 1 September 1909 in Vist, Linköping Municipality, Sweden, the son of Axel Törneman and his wife Gudrun (née Høyer). He passed studentexamen in Stockholm in 1927 and received a Candidate of Law degree from Lund University in 1937.[3]

Career

Törneman worked at Stockholm City Court in 1937 and STIM in 1940. He became CEO of AB Skandiastål in 1944 and AB Eda bruk in Värmland in 1948.[3] During World War II, Törneman was part of the Swedish secret intelligence agency C-byrån.[4]

Törneman was curator at the Association Hantverket in Stockholm from 1960 to 1968.[5] He was commissioner for a number of Swedish handicraft exhibitions abroad and for the exhibition Svensk form in 1962.[6] Törneman held solo shows in Stockholm in 1962 and in 1974.[5] Törneman was board member of Konstfackskolan from 1963 to 1969.[5] Törneman became secretary of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in 1967 and an honorary member in 1968.[7]

At Gustavsberg, he primarily worked with enamel panels intended for table surfaces. He performed embellishments in two of Systembolaget's stores in Stockholm. One mosaic of raw glass panels in the shop at Mäster Samuelsgatan.[8]

Personal life

Törneman was married 1930–1937 to Ingalill Stenhammar (1912–2002),[9] the daughter of the architect Ernst Stenhammar and actress Anna Flygare.[10] They had two sons: the architect Alvar (1930–1967)[3][11] and the artist Ulf (1932–2002).[8][10] In 1940 he married Birgit Rönström (born 1914), the daughter of engineer Axel Rönström and Eyvor (née Hallqvist).[6]

Awards and decorations

References

  1. ^ a b Tengbom, Anders (1993-06-03). "Algot Törneman till minne". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  2. ^ Sveriges dödbok 1901-2009 [Swedish death index 1901-2009] (in Swedish) (Version 5.0 ed.). Solna: Sveriges släktforskarförbund. 2010. ISBN 978-91-87676-59-8. SELIBR 11931231.
  3. ^ a b c d e Harnesk, Paul, ed. (1962). Vem är vem? 1, Stor-Stockholm [Who is Who? 1, Greater Stockholm] (in Swedish) (2nd ed.). Stockholm: Vem är vem. p. 1322. SELIBR 53509.
  4. ^ Bergman, Jan (2014). Sekreterarklubben: C-byråns kvinnliga agenter under andra världskriget : en dokumentär spionberättelse [The Secretarial Club: C-byrån's female agents in World War II: a documentary spy story] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. ISBN 9789113052892. SELIBR 16508055.
  5. ^ a b c Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1977 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1977] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. 1976. p. 1039. ISBN 91-1-766022-X. SELIBR 3681523.
  6. ^ a b Lagerström, Sten, ed. (1968). Vem är det: svensk biografisk handbok. 1969 [Who is it: Swedish biographical handbook. 1969] (in Swedish). Stockholm: Norstedt. p. 973. SELIBR 3681519.
  7. ^ Sköldenberg, Bengt, ed. (1970). Sveriges statskalender. 1970 (in Swedish). Uppsala: Fritzes offentliga publikationer. pp. 940–941.
  8. ^ a b Svenska konstnärer: biografisk handbok (in Swedish). Vänersborg: Nyblom. 1980. p. 469. ISBN 91-85040-31-2. SELIBR 7744862.
  9. ^ "Stenhammar stamtavla" (PDF) (in Swedish). Amazon Web Services. p. 10. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  10. ^ a b Berg, Jan O; Brundin, Tomas; Eriksson, Björn; Salén, Sven H (2002-08-20). "DÖDSFALL: Han fann sina färger i naturen". Dagens Nyheter (in Swedish). Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Törneman, Alvar (1930 - 1967)" (in Swedish). KulturNav. Retrieved 13 March 2017.