Gudmar Olovson
Gudmar Olovson was born in Boden and grew up in Stockholm where he received his training at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. His father was a surgeon and his mother painted. In 1960 he came to France, where he continues to work as a sculptor. Since then he has regularly taken part in a great many important exhibitions in, amongst others, Paris, Stockholm and New York. His work is to be found in private collections as well as in public places and in well-known galleries and museums in Europe and the USA. A number of his sketches can be found in the National Art Museum in Stockholm.
His many well-known works include reliefs of Pope John Paul II, Prince Charles and Princess Diana, a bust of Charles de Gaulle and one of Georges Pompidou. Ingrid Bergman, Jacob Wallenberg, Peter Wallenberg and Philippe de Rothschild are also amongst those whose portraits he has created. Gudmar Olovson has received a number of medals and international awards for his art.
Gudmar has been exhibited at all big “Salon” in Paris, the latest was at La Monnaie 2007, a retrospective exhibition. 2008 a Gudmar museum was inaugurated in Falsterbo, Sweden (Falsterbonäsets Open Air Museum). Gudmar is represented in numerous private collections world wide.
Exhibitions
Selected Awards
1963 Prix de la Grèce de l’Art libre, Paris
1964 Médaille de bronze, Salon des Artistes français, Grand Palais, Paris
1965 Prix sculpture de l’Art libre, Paris
1966 Grand Prix de sculpture de l’Ile de Bendor – Paul Ricard
1967 Grand Prix de sculpture de l’Ile de Bendor – Paul Ricard
1970 Médaille d’or, Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais, Paris
1971 Grand Prix de sculpture, Académie des beaux-arts de Paris
1976 Prix d’Angers
1976 Prix de sculpture au Salon de Baugé, Château de Baugé, Maine-et-Loire
1999 Grand Prix de la Fondation Taylor, Paris
2011 Chevalier des Art et des Lettres, Ministère d´Affaire Étrangères.
Selected One-Man Exhibitions
1969 Cercle suédois, Paris
1976 Kennedy gallery, New York
1977 SDS-hallen, Malmö
1980 Galerie Rocco, Turzi, Paris
1987 Galleri Lejonet, Stockholm
1988 Svenska mässan, Göteborg
1993 Galerie Rocco, Turzi, Paris
1994 Galerie Annick Driguez, Paris
1995 UNESCO 50 ans, Paris
1996 Club des poètes, Paris
1999 Fondation Taylor, Paris
2000 Falsterbo Konsthall, Falsterbo
2002 Siège d’AXA, Paris
2008 La Monnaie de Paris, Paris
2009 Cercle Munster, Luxemburg
2015 Sällskapet, Stockholm
2016 Royal Bachelors Club, Gothenburg
Selected Exhibitions
1961 Vårsalongen, Cercle Suédois, Paris
1962 Salon de l´Art Libre, Palais des beaux-arts de la ville de Paris
1962 Vårsalongen Liljevalchs, Stockholm
1963 Salon de Indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris
1963 Vårsalongen Liljevalchs, Stockholm
1964 Art Suédois Contemporain, Musée Galliera, Paris
1964 Formes Humaines, Musée Rodin, Paris,
1964 Salon Terres Latines, Musée d´art moderne de la ville de Paris
1964 Salon de l´Art libre, Paris
1964 Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais, Paris
1965 Art Suédois Contemporain, Musée Galliera, Paris
1965 Le groupe des neuf, Galerie Vendôme, Paris
1965 Salon Contemporain, Musée d´art moderne de la ville de Paris
1965 Salin d´Automne, Grand Palais, Paris
1965 Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais, Paris
1965 Salon Terres Latines, Musée d´art moderne de la ville de Paris
1966 Salon Comparaisons, Paris
1966 Dessins de sculpteurs de Rodin à nos jours, Strasbourg
1966 Fondations Paul-Ricard au Salon de Vittel
1966 Indépendance et traditions de l`art Français, Madrid
1966 La Maison de la culture de Bourges
1966 Nutida svensk skulptur, Liljevalchs, Stockholm
1966 Oeuvres de papier, Institut Tessin, Paris
1967 Theatre Montparnasse, Paris
1970 The Parisskulptörer Färg och Form, Stockholm
1970 Grands Sculpteurs contemporains, Palais des Archevêques, Narbonnes
1970 Salon des Artistes Français, Paris
1971 Beauté de L´Europe, Musée Galliera, Paris
1971 Beauté de L´Europe, Musée des Pochettes, Nice
1972 Concours Paul-Louis Weiller, Institut de France, Paris
1972 Salon des Artistes Français, Grand Palais, Paris
1974 Concours Paul-Louis Weiller, Institut de France, Paris
1974 Formes humaines, Musée Rodin, Paris
1976 Salon de Baugé, Chateau de Baugé, Maine-et-Loire
1990 Sculpture Francaise, Versailles
1999 Fondation Taylor, Paris
2004 Le Portrait sculpté, Galerie Malaquais, Paris
2005 Dessins de sculpteurs, Galerie Malaquais, Paris
2015 Musée Grimaldi, Haut de Cagnes, Provence