Einar Forseth
Illustration — Einar Forseth Carl Einar Andreas Forseth (1892–1988) was a Swedish artist, remembered above all for his mosaics in the Golden Hall in Stockholm City Hall completed in 1923.
Also recorded as Carl Einar Andreas Forseth
Einar Forseth
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- Born
- 1892 · Linköping Cathedral Congregation.
- Died
- 1988 · Västerled.
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- architect · painter · illustrator · textile artist
- Teachers
- Olle Hjortzberg · Oscar Björck
- Honours
- Prince Eugen Medal · Professor
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Illustration — Einar Forseth Carl Einar Andreas Forseth (1892–1988) was a Swedish artist, remembered above all for his mosaics in the Golden Hall in Stockholm City Hall completed in 1923.
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Early life
Training under Olle Hjortzberg and Oscar Björck is recorded. Lars Söderström is recorded as having studied under Einar Forseth. The recorded working language is Norwegian. Work by Einar Forseth is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Statens Museum for Kunst and Swedish Centre for Architecture and Design. Distinctions recorded are Prince Eugen Medal and Professor.
Born in Linköping, Forseth was the son of the Norwegian lithographer Ole Andreas Forseth. He was raised in Örebro where his father ran a lithographic business. In 1905 the family moved to Gothenburg where he attended the Arts and Crafts School (Slöjdföreningens Skola) studying under Gunnar Hallström, Anders Trulsson and Charles Lindholm. He completed his education at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm (1912–1915) under Olle Hjortzberg and Oscar Björck.
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Biography
• Illustration — Mälar Queen, Golden Hall, Stockholm During his travels to Istanbul, Greece and Italy, he developed an interest in monumental and decorative art which extended to frescos, textiles and oil paintings. From 1921 to 1923 he decorated the Golden Hall in Stockholm's City Hall with mosaics in the Byzantine style, creating the Mälar Queen as the central figure. Examples of his stained glass creations can be seen in St Mary's Church, Helsingborg (1937), Sankt Nicolai, Halmstad (1937), St Peter and St Sigfrid's Church, Stockholm, and Coventry Cathedral, for which he also created floor mosaics in 1962. He also contributed designs to Lidköping's porcelain factory. He was awarded the Prince Eugen Medal in 1963.
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Linköping Cathedral Congregation.
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![Coventry Cathedral, Chapel of Unity windows One of two chapels standing outside the main body of the cathedral[1], the Chapel of Unity is lit by narrow slot windows of clear glass and abstract narrow stained glass windows at the end of each of its 'buttresses'. Here, the stained glass lights of the far side can be seen through a clear glass slot window on the near side. Also visible are the outsid](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Coventry_Cathedral%2C_Chapel_of_Unity_windows_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1009554.jpg/480px-Coventry_Cathedral%2C_Chapel_of_Unity_windows_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1009554.jpg)
Coventry Cathedral, Chapel of Unity windows One of two chapels standing outside the main body of the cathedral[1], the Chapel of Unity is lit by narrow slot windows of clear glass and abstract narrow stained glass windows at the end of each of its 'buttresses'. Here, the stained glass lights of the far side can be seen through a clear glass slot window on the near side. Also visible are the outsid
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