Otte Sköld

Training under Eva Eneroth is recorded. Preben Knuth is recorded as having studied under Otte Sköld. Employment is recorded with Académie Scandinave. Work by Otte Sköld is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Finnish National Gallery, Statens Museum for Kunst, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design and Östergötland Museum. Distinctions recorded are Prince Eugen Medal and Commander of the Order of St.

• Name — Otte Sköld • Other Names — Otte Skold • Birth Name — Joseph Adolf Johannes Sköld • Born — 14 July 1894 • Birthplace — Wuchang, Wuhan, Hubei Province, China • Died — 7 November 1958 • Place of death — Hägersten, Stockholm, Sweden • Burial Place — Ekerö Cemetery, Ekerö Municipality, Sweden • Education — Althin's School of Painting, Technical School • Occupation — Painter, draftsman, graphic artist, teacher, curator, scenographer, mosaicist • Spouse — Anna Arntz (m. 1917–)

Otte Sköld was born as Joseph Adolf Johannes Sköld on 14 July 1894, in Wuchang, China. His parents, Eva Charlotta Eriksdotter and, were missionaries. His brother was Hannes Sköld, a noted linguist and Socialist. His early schooling was in China, and at the age of thirteen his family moved to Sweden. He attended Althin's School of Painting, the Carl Wilhelmson painting school, and the Technical School in Stockholm (now Konstfack).

In 1926, he taught at the Académie Moderne, and at the newly opened Académie Scandinave; both schools were in Montparnasse, Paris. The following year in 1927, he opened his own painting school, Otte Skölds Art School in Stockholm (now Pernby School of Painting). He was a professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts from 1938 until 1942, and served as director from 1941 until 1950. Sköld was a superintendent and director of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm from 1950 until 1958. He was involved with the founding development of the Moderna Museet, which opened in 1958. Sköld died on 7 November 1958, in the district of Hägersten in Stockholm, Sweden, and is buried in the cemetery at. His work can be found in museum collections, including the Finnish National Gallery, the National Museum of Norway, the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Ostergotlands Museum in Linköping, Sweden, Norrköping Art Museum in Norrköping, Sweden, the Perlman Teaching Museum at Carleton University, and the National Gallery of Denmark.

Otte Sköld is recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Recorded as painter, graphic artist, draftsperson, designer and mosaicist.