Sittande modell
Acke Oldenburg
Photo: Ingvar Larsson
Public art
Eriksdalsskolan in Skövde, graffito, 1955
Stockholm Police house, stucco lustro, 1957. Was torn down in 2003
Sigtuna kursgård, tapestry, 1970
Entrance to Huddinge public bath, dyed concrete,
One day, 1974
Mora hospital, column with mosaic, phorphyry from Älvdalen, 1977–1982
Riksplan in Stockholm, paved ground, 1983
Borlänge Folkets Hus/Hotel Galaxen, al fresco, 1984–85
Myrstugeberget in Vårby, Huddinge, stoneware, Detta är mitt Huddinge, 1985–1991. Received Huddinge commune's Beauty Price in 2012
The Skansen 100 years jubilee postage stamps, 1991
Tingshustunneln in Huddinge, painted clinker, 1995
Liljeholmsberget in Stockholm, decorations in entrances of 11 houses in residential area, squares with ground mosaic, forged porch and wooden sculpture on mountain slope Fröken Ek (can be seen from the highway just south of Stockholm) 1992–1998
Domarringen, Fullersta torg, Huddinge, decorations of entrance hall, 1999
Huddinge Centrum, painted clinker, 2000 ?
The Aguéli Museum in Sala, iron forging, 2000
Scenography and costume
Borås Stadsteater: Vår bakgårds mirakler by Campanelli, director Hasse Råstam, 1966
The Royal Theater, Stockholm: Vigseln (The wedding) by Witold Gombrowicz, director Alf Sjöberg, 1966
The Royal Theater, Stockholm: Tolvskillingsoperan (Die Dreigroschenoper/The Threepenny Opera) by Bertold Brecht, director Alf Sjöberg, 1969
The Royal Theater, Stockholm: Galilei by Bertold Brecht, director Alf Sjöberg, 1974
The Royal Theater, Stockholm: Erik XIV by August Strindberg, director Alf Sjöberg, 1977
The Royal Theater, Stockholm: Colombine by C.J.L. Almqvist, director Katarina Sjöberg, 1982
Nya Skånska Teatern, Landskrona: Lyckliga gatan by Kent Andersson and Bengt Bratt, director Eyvind Andersson, 1997
Nya Skånska Teatern, Landskrona: Kindertransport by Diane Samuels, director Eyvind Andersson, 1998
Acke Oldenburg
22 June 1923 – 17 October 2005
was a Swedish painter, printmaker and scenographer.
Acke Oldenburg studied for Endre Nemes at Valand School of Arts (Gothenburg) 1947–1952.
Acke Oldenburg's paintings are represented in Sweden at Nationalmuseum (the National Museum) in Stockholm, Moderna Museet (the Museum of Contemporary Art) in Stockholm, Scenkonstmuseet (the Stage Art Museum), in the Art Museums in Gothenburg, Kalmar and Norrköping and at museums in Malmö, Falun, Linköping, Borås and Skövde.
In 2023 when Acke would have turned 100 years old, we celebrated with two retrospective exhibitions:
Mora Kulturhus, Acke's town of birth, January 14 – Februari 25
Fullersta Galleriet in Huddinge outside Stockholm where Acke lived and worked most of his life, March 25 – June 22
Acke is buried in Skogskyrkogården, south of Stockholm
Fröken Ek, Liljeholmsberget
Skansen 100 years,
jubilee postage stamps
Acke Oldenburg during the rehearsal of The Marriage, 1966. Photo: Beata Bergström
Exhibitions
First separate exhibition, 1955, Galleri Collibri, Malmö
In Stockholm:
Konstnärshuset, 1960, 1987, 1995
Galleri Blanche, 1973
Galleri Modern, 1985
Sveagalleriet, 1965 and 1969
Grafiska Sällskapet, 1983
Strindbergsmuseet, 2001
Judiska Museet, 2003
Konstakademien, retrospective, 2004
Together with colleagues:
Nya Valand, Liljevalchs konsthall 1958
Valand, Göteborg, Europa, Kulturhuset, Stockholm, 1988
Nya Valand, Karlstad, Länsmuseet, 2003
Abroad:
Scenography quadrennials in Prague, Czechoslovakia (now Czech Republic), 1971, 1975
Teatro Studio, Warszaw, Poland, 1977
1:st international Gombrowicz festival, Radom, Poland, 1993
Schwarzenberg palace and JNJ Gallery, Prague, Czechslovakia (now Czech Republic), 1995
Janos Pannon museum, Pécs, Hungary 2002