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Acke Åslund | |
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Born | Östersund, Sweden | 27 October 1881
Died | 13 February 1958 76) Stockholm, Sweden | (aged
Nationality | Swedish |
Occupation(s) | Painter and printmaker |
Acke Åslund (27 October 1881 – 13 February 1958) was a Swedish painter and printmaker. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics. [1] [2]
Åslund is represented in the collections of the Moderna Museet ("the Museum of Modern Art") [3] in Stockholm, the Jamtli, [4] the Västergötland Museum ("Västergötlands museum") [5] and the Nordic Museum ("Nordiska Museet") [6] in Stockholm.
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