Hans Krondahl
Hans Krondahl (30 June 1929 – 2018) was a Swedish painter, tapestry weaver, textile artist and textile designer. He studied painting and textile art at Konstfack, (State College of Arts, Crafts and Design) in Stockholm from 1955 to 1960. Between 1959 and 1975, Krondahl designed textile designs for Nordiska Kompaniet's textile division under Astrid Sampe.
Hans Krondahl
- Born
- 30 June 1929
- Birthplace
- Brösarp, Skåne, Sweden
- Died
- 6 2018
- Education
- Konstfack
- Known for
- Textile art and design, painting
- Nationality
- Sweden
- Occupation
- painter · textile artist · designer
- Honours
- Prince Eugen Medal · Lunning Prize
- Languages
- Swedish
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Krondahl set up his own studio in 1960 in Brösarp, where he created tapestries and related artwork, and he also took up fabric designing for various Swedish companies. The studio closed in 1992. From the early 1960s Krondahl taught Textile Art and Design in various schools in Sweden and abroad. Periodically from 1974 on, Krondahl worked in the U.S. He held a position as Textile Design Expert for UNIDO in Bandung, Indonesia in 1979 and 1980. In 1981 Krondahl became head of the Crafts Department, University of Gothenburg and in 1988 he was appointed Professor of Textile Art at the same institution. In 1965 he was awarded the Lunning Prize, and in 2002 he received the Prince Eugen Medal.
Hans Krondahl studied at Konstfack. The recorded working language is Swedish. Employment is recorded with HDK. Work by Hans Krondahl is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum and Art Institute of Chicago. Distinctions recorded are Prince Eugen Medal and Lunning Prize.
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• Born — 30 June 1929 • Birthplace — Brösarp, Skåne, Sweden • Died — 6 2018 • Education — Konstfack • Known for — Textile art and design, painting
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1929
Hans Krondahl born at Brösarp.
2018
Hans Krondahl died at Skåne-Tranås.
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Literature and sources
• The Design Encyclopedia, MoMA, New York 2004. • The Lunning Prize, Nationalmuseum, cat. 489, Stockholm 1986. • 34 Scandinavian Designers, (Möller, S.E.), Copenhagen 1967. • Design since 1945, (ed. Hiesinger, Kathryn.), Philadelphia 1983. • Contemporary Textile Art (Talley, Charles S.), Uppsala 1982. • Twentieth-Century Pattern Design. (Jackson, Lesley) New York 2002. • Hans Krondahl: textila verk. (Lewenhaupt, Tonie & Stensman, Mailis). Stockholm 2009. • Fiber Art Today (Carol K. Russell), Arglen, PA. Schiffer, 2011.
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- 1.Mortensen, Jill Salander. Vem är det: Svensk biografisk handbok. Norstedts. 620. 1997. 91-1-960852-7.
- 2.kalmarkonst museum. Hans Krondahl. Design Arkivet.
- 3.McQuaid, Matilda. A Hand-Made Feeling. Cooper Hewitt. Smithsonian Design Museum. Smithsonian Design Museum. 24 August 2014.
- 4.Hiesinger. Design Since 1945. Philadelphia Museum of Art. 218-219. 1983.
- 5.Cooper Hewitt. Smithsonian Design Museum. Hans Krondahl. Smithsonian Institution.
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Hans Krondahl received Prince Eugen Medal and Lunning Prize. Recorded as having received Prince Eugen Medal and Lunning Prize.
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