Gunnar Torhamn

Josef Gunnar Torhamn, born Olsson (21 December 1894 – 2 February 1965), was a Swedish painter and sculptor, particularly noted for his work on church interiors.

Biography Torhamn was born in Konungshamn, Torhamn, Blekinge, the son of the coastal inspector Ander J. Olsson and his wife Elina (née Andersson). He showed artistic promise even in his childhood and went on to study at the Royal Academy of Arts from 1918 under Olle Hjortzberg among others. He was awarded the academy's royal medal in 1921 and again in 1924. In 1925 he was awarded a large travel bursary and up to 1928 visited France, Italy and North Africa.

His prolific easel paintings covered a varied range of subjects, but he principally depicted the coastal landscapes of Blekinge

Torhamn's work is represented in, among other repositories, the collections of the Moderna Museet in Stockholm, the Archive of Decorative Art in Lund, the Kalmar Art Museum and the Kalmar Provincial Museum .

In 1923 he married the artist Ingegerd Sjöstrand, better known as Ingegerd Torhamn, with whom he had two sons, the graphic artist Staffan Torhamn and the writer Urban Torhamn. He died in Stockholm in 1965 and is buried in Torhamn.

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