Lecture: The Dot in Hagalund - The Art and Life of Artist Olle Olsson Hagalund

Museum educator Erik Bårman presents the lecture "The Dot in Hagalund - The Art and Life of Artist Olle Olsson Hagalund" at Bror Hjorths Hus in Uppsala. The lecture is arranged in collaboration with the Olle Olsson Hagalund Museum and the Bror Hjorth Association.

Olle Olsson Hagalund (1904-1972) lived his entire life in the house built by his grandfather in the shantytown of Hagalund, Solna, and drew many of his subjects from there. His paintings also feature motifs from Stockholm, the west coast, and Paris. His first solo exhibition at the gallery Färg och Form in 1938 received critical acclaim, and four years later he represented Sweden at the Venice Biennale.

His artistic practice is characterized by a warm approach to people and an interest in capturing mood through detail - elegant young women in feathered hats, elderly people in silk scarves, young footballers, and little girls in lace ballet skirts. The demolition of Hagalund in the 1960s affected him so deeply that he stopped painting. Today only a few buildings remain from the shantytown, including the Olle Olsson house, which is now a museum.