The geographical distances and the great diversity marking the character of different regions have brought into being very active provincial theatres, and they have thus formed, too, the stage design character of Swedish theatres that has, to a considerable extent, developed in towns of the province. These theatres outside Stockholm many times act as trial stages where radical idea; are launched. In the field of stage design the more interesting creations, however, are mostly carried out in Stockholm. The theatre décor in Sweden has developed during the last three decades as a dialogue between the professional stage designers and a certain number of painters and sculptors who, on different occasions, have participated as guests in the creation of settings. This dialogue has proved extremely stimulating for both parties. There from resulted a number of performances with a great pictorial strength and tension. Furthermore within the recent years a trend becomes obvious to concentrate the stage set to a minimum of important elements. In the 1960's a new generation of painters — including three of the participants in this exhibition, Sven Olov Ehrén, Acke Oldenburg and Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss — have approached the theatre and given in their own manner answers to its different questions and demands. Ehrén has specialized in open air performances and in framing the drama of a more epic character. Oldenburg has carried out his most interesting contributions in the domain of theatre costumes; he exerts himself to design costumes being capable of expressing, already by themselves, the special and particular character of the actor's role. Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss is experimenting in using a very restraint color scheme in a trend towards the bare scene. Professional stage designers have with even more sparse means concentrated their efforts to develop the possibilities of the stage light.
- Svenolov Ehrén
Additional information: Born 1927 in Stockholm. Painter, specialist in graphic arts. Between 1948 and 1953 he studied at the Art School of the Royal Academy. He performs wood-carving and book-illustrations. He has designed décors for some 25 plays at various Swedish theatres. He is the chairman of the Swedish Union of Illustrators and a member of the Royal Academy of Arts.
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J. Bergenstrahle: (Do Vou Remember That Town),
Stadsteatren
1970
- Barbara Öberg
Additional information: Born in 1930 in Berlin. Has been living in Sweden since 1936. Studied at the Arts and Crafts School in Stockholm between 1947 and 1949 and at the Royal Academy of Arts in Stockholm between 1949 and 1955. She has been working as a stage designer at the Norrköping Municipal Theatre between 1955 and 1964, and since 1964 at the Göteborg Municipal Theatre. She has designed stage sets for 63 plays, among other for Uncle Vanya and the Bear by Chehkov, The Hostage by Behan, Hamlet by Shakespeare, The Dream Play by Strindberg, The Home by Andersson and Brat, Danton's Death by Büchner, Mandragora by Machiavelli, The Marriage of Figaro by Mozart, The Enemies by Gorki. In 1972 she has also written a play, Joan of Arc, where she participated as one of the directors and designers.
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- Acke Oldenburg
Additional information: Born 1923 at Mora in Sweden. Studied at the School of Arts (professor Endre Nemes i at Göteborg between 1947 and 1952. Exhibitions in 1955 and 1966 at Malmö, in 1960 at Göteborg, in 1963 in Copenhagen, in 1960, 1965 and 1969 in Stockholm. He took pait in the Academia di belli Arte in Milano in 1953, then in the 22nd Biennial of Water Colors at the Brooklyn Museum in New York in 1963, in the expositions Bild och Teater at the National Museum in Stockholm in 1969 and De Frie in Copenhagen in 1962. He was awarded a scholarship by the British Council in 1956 and the Swedish State Scholarship in 1966-67. He is the author of the following monumental works: sgraffito at Skovde (80 sq. m.) in 1955, stucco lustro in Stockholm (40 sq. m.) in 1957, tapestry at Sigtuna (12 sq. m.) and small square in paving-stone at Örebro (170 sq. m.) in 1969-1970. His works are located, among others, in the National Museum, in the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm as well as in the museums at Göteborg and Malmö. As scenographer he has brought into effect the stage and costume designs for a play by Campanelli at the Borás Municipal Theatre in 1964, for Le Marriage by Gombrowicz in 1966 and for The Threepenny Opera by Brecht in 1988-69 at the Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm, both directed by Alf Sjöberg.
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Bertolt Brecht: (The Treepenny Opera),
Kungling Dramatiska Teatern
1969
- Ingrid Maria Rosell
Additional information: Born 1928 in Stockholm. Studied design in fashion and art costumes, book illustrations, graphic arts, sculpture and painting, stage design in Stockholm and Paris. Professionally she was at work in book illustrating and as sculptress until 1964. Thereafter she has been engaged solely in scenography. The major realisations within the scope of this domain since 1964: The Screens by J. Genêt at the Municipal Theatre in Stockholm, Maria Stuart by F. Schiller at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Red Magie by M. de Chelderode, Liebelei by Arthur Schnitzler, The Raft by K. Andersson, Karlsson on the Roof by A. Lindgren and The Will of L. Tolstoy by A. Tornquist (all these representation háve been performed at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm), furthermore Hoffmann's Adventures by J. Offenbach at the Göteborg Theatre, The Magie Flute by Mozart at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, The Rake's Progress by I. Stravinsky at the Göteborg Theatre. II Mondo de la Luna by J. Haydn at the Royal Drottningholm Theatre, King Lear by Shakespeare at the Upsala Theatre and Bombi Bitt and Myself by F. Nilsson in the Swedish Television.
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: (Karlsson on the Roof),
Kunglig Dramatiska Teatern
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- Max Walter Svanberg
Additional information: Born 1912. Studied at Otto Skölďs Art School in Stockholm. Painter, surrealist, imaginist.One man exhibitions from 1945-1970 in Stockholm and Paris. Furthermore he took part in exhibitions in Tokyo, Paris, New York, Sao Paulo and Washington. In 1970 he carried out the stage and costume design for Le Misanthrope by Moliēre at the Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm. In 1967 he published the book Graphic Arts. In 1969 he was awarded the Order of Knighťnood of the Legion of Honour in France.
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- Gunilla Palmstierna-Weiss
Additional information: Born in Switzerland, she spent her childhood in Austria and Holland. She studied sculptor, ceramics and stage design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam and at the Arts and Crafts School in Stockholm. Professionally she has worked as a stage designer, in ceramics and as an industrial designer. She lectures at the Dramatic Institute in Stockholm. Among her graphic arts are murals in concrete and stoneware for public buildings, among others for the new Radio and Television Building and for the lobby of the Metal Workers Trade Union. Among her numerous stage designs, the
following deserve special mention: the world premiere of the play Marat-Sade by P. Weiss at the Schillertheater in Berlin /directed by K. Swinarski/, Macbeth by Shakespeare at the same theatre /directed by F.Kortner/, the second version of Marat-Sade at the Aldwych Theatre in London /directed by P. Brook/ and the film adaption of this play in New York; The Dance of Death by Strindberg at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm /directed by U. Palme/; the third version of Marat-Sade at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm /directed by F. Sundstrom/; The Investigation
by Peter Weiss at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm /directed by I. Bergman/; the world premiére of the Song of the Lusitanian Bogey by P. Weiss at the Scalateatern in Stockholm and at the Experimente Theatre in Frankfurt/M; St Joan of the Stockyards by B.Brecht at the Municipal Theatre in Stockholm /co-directing with J. Bergensträhle/; world premiére of the Vietnamdiskurs by P. Weiss at the Municipal Theatre in Frankfurt/M /directed by H. Buckwitz/; the Blood Wedding by F. García Lorca at the Royal Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm /co-directing with D. Feuer/. Hers works are to be found, among others, in the National Museum in Stockholm, in Drottningholm's Theatre Museum in Stockholm and in the Syracuse, Museum in the USA. She has been awarded prizes for the best stage designs in New York in 1967 and at Novi Sad in 1969. Among others, she has exhibited in Stockholm, Paris, New York, Berlin and at Leipzig. In the period 1970-74 she has designed, among others, the stage sets for the following: Show by Lars Forsell,
directed by Ingmar Bergman, Holderlin by Peter Weiss, directed by Lars Göran Carlsson, and A Beautiful Song about Love by G. Grafström, directed by Gunnel Lindblom, all at the Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm; for the Marriage of Figaro by Mozart for the Netherlands Opera Festival, directed by Friedrich Götz at the Municipal Theatre in Amsterdam and later played at the Circusteater in Scheveningen, in Rotterdam and at Utrecht; Myths by Ulla Ryum, produced at the Dramatic Theatre in Stockholm and directed by Anita Brundahl and Twelfth Night by W. Shakespeare, directed by
Ingmar Bergman at the same theatre.
Exhibiting works
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Federico García Lorca: (Blood Wedding),
Kunglig Dramatiska Teatern
1970
