Peter de Ru
Illustration — Peter de Ru Peter de Ru is a photographer born 1946 in Oostkapelle in The Netherlands. In 1969 he moved to Sweden. After language studies at the University of Gothenburg he moved to Stockholm and entered the renowned Fotoskolan (Photo School) under Christer Strömholm where he studied 1971 to 1974.
Peter de Ru
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- 1946 · Oostkapelle.
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- Kingdom of the Netherlands
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- photographer
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Illustration — Peter de Ru Peter de Ru is a photographer born 1946 in Oostkapelle in The Netherlands. In 1969 he moved to Sweden. After language studies at the University of Gothenburg he moved to Stockholm and entered the renowned Fotoskolan (Photo School) under Christer Strömholm where he studied 1971 to 1974.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded as a citizen of Kingdom of the Netherlands. Institutional cataloguing adds that peter de Ru is recorded with the gender male. Institutional cataloguing adds that peter de Ru was born in Oostkapelle. Ru worked at Stockholm. It is also recorded that peter de Ru is recorded with the occupation photographer.
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He is married to the Swedish artist Susann Wallander. Represented at several state institutions like the Swedish Radio, the Nobel Museum, the Karolinska Hospital, and since 2011 at the National Museum in Stockholm (the Swedish State portrait gallery at Gripsholm).
• Vi Ses Atlantic Alicia, 1980, • Karolinska Sjukhuset, 2003, • Sven, 2008,
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