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Ingvar Cronhammar

1947 – 2021

Swedish-Danish sculptor

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About Ingvar Cronhammar

Lived 1947 – 2021 (aged 73). Ingvar Cronhammar was a Swedish and Danish sculptor, artist and film director.

Ingvar Cronhammar (17 December 1947 – 20 May 2021) was a Swedish-Danish sculptor, who lived in Denmark from 1965 until his death. He gained a unique place in Danish art with his dark monumental works, often presenting an eerie confrontation between modern technology and the primitive past.

Biography

Born in Hässleholm in the south of Sweden, he moved to Denmark in 1965 where he studied at the Jutland Art Academy in Aarhus from 1967 to 1971. Until the early 1980s, inspired by environmental art from the United States, his spectacular works revealed his fascination with conflict and provocation and his contempt for convention. An early example was Koncert for en hjemmeværnsmand (Concert for the Home Guard, 1969) featuring live chickens with lamps strapped to their backs. In 1979, he presented chairs draped with pigskin and a parasol with swastikas.

He died on May 20, 2021, at the age of 73 from blood clots in his heart.

Awards In 1993, Cronhammar was awarded the Eckersberg Medal and, in 2003, the Thorvaldsen Medal. He was decorated a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 2007.

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Important facts

Birth century
Education
Aarhus Art Academy
Awards
Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog; Eckersberg Medal; Thorvaldsen Medal

Contemporaries

People whose lives overlapped Ingvar Cronhammar's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Ingvar Cronhammar?

Swedish-Danish sculptor

When was Ingvar Cronhammar born?

Ingvar Cronhammar was born on 17 December 1947 in Hässleholm.

When did Ingvar Cronhammar die?

Ingvar Cronhammar died on 20 May 2021.

What was Ingvar Cronhammar's occupation?

Ingvar Cronhammar was a sculptor, artist and film director.

What nationality was Ingvar Cronhammar?

Ingvar Cronhammar was Swedish and Danish.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Ingvar Cronhammar

· Wikidata: Q764716

· DBpedia: Ingvar Cronhammar

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