Liss Eriksson

Aunt, granite, Västertorp Sculpture Park, Stockholm. Photo: Bengt Oberger

Liss Eriksson (31 August 1919 – 19 July 2000) was a Swedish sculptor.

Life The son of the sculptor Christian Eriksson (1858–1935), Liss Eriksson grew up on Maria Prästgårdsgatan on Södermalm in southern-central Stockholm. Following his studies at the College of Fine Arts for Nils Sjögren and Eric Grate in 1939–1944, Liss participated in the pioneering exhibition Ung Konst in 1947, before spending five years in Paris together with his wife, the artist Britta Reich-Eriksson, to study for Jean Osouf and Henri Laurens. He returned to Stockholm in 1951, in 1975 succeeding the studio of his father previously used by Sven 'X:et' Erixson (1899–1970). During his last years, he was working on a retable for the church Katarina Church, near his home.

List of works Pojke som tittar på månen ("Boy Looking at the Moon"), Stockholm, 1967 La Mano, , Stockholm, 1977 Paret, 1976, Stockholm Huset ("The House"), Lund Korsgestalten och Den uppståndne ("The Crucified and the Risen"), Strömstad Ögat ("The Eye"), Norrtälje La Pucelle , 1950, Lidingö Stående kvinna ("Standing Woman") Mor och barn ("Mother and child") Ciss III – porträtthuvud ("Ciss III – Portrait") Faster ("Aunt"), Västertorp FN-monumentet ("The UN Monument"), Djurgården Den dövstumme negern ("The Deaf-mute Negro") Källan ("The Source"), Stockholm