Emil Westman | |
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Born | 13 March 1894 |
Died | 19 June 1935 |
Occupation | Artist |
Family | Gunnar Westman (son) |
Emil Westman (b. 13 March 1894, Stockholm, Sweden; d. 19 June 1935, Copenhagen, Denmark) was a Swedish-Danish artist. [1] [2]
Westman studied at Herlufsholm School and the Royal Institute of Art in Stockholm. He moved to Copenhagen in 1913 and became a Danish citizen in the same year and was taught by Kristian Zahrtmann. His artwork was exhibited at a solo exhibition in Copenhagen and Svendborg in 1922. He was one of the founding members of the Swedish-Danish art school Koloristerne in 1931. [2]
Some of his work is held at the British Museum in London. [3]
He was the father of Gunnar Westman.[ citation needed]