Roland Svensson

Roland Svensson ( January 18, 1910, Stockholm - July 31, 2003), was a Swedish painter, writer, black-and-white artist, illustrator of books and originals for stamps.

He sought his motives among the islets and skerries around the summer cottage at Möja in the Stockholm archipelago depicting and describing the seasonal changes with deep and vivid animation.

Illustrated publications

Evert Taube, Sjösalaboken (1942)
Sven Barthel, Gillöga (1945)
Sven Barthel, Archipelago (Stockholm: Bonniers, 1952)
Roland Svensson, Skärgårdsliv i gången tid (Stockholm: Bonniers, 1961)

He also published illustrated books describing the meeting of land and sea around Scotland and distant islands such as Orkney, Shetland, Hebrides and Tristan da Cunha.

External links

Sällskapet Roland Svenssons vänner, Friends of Roland Svensson - a society founded in March 2003. In Swedish, but with all the graphic prints.

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Name	Svensson, Roland
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Date of birth	January 18, 1910
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Date of death	July 31, 2003
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