Per (Pelle) Adolf Swedlund was a Swedish painter and curator at Thiel Gallery in Stockholm 1932-1946. Pelle Svedlund was born, lived and died in Gävle. He was a pupil at the Swedish Academy (1889-92) and completed his education in Paris and Brittany, where he met Paul Gauguin and together they experimented in making woodcuts. His contact with the Nabis circle of painters lead him in 1898 to visit Bruges, a place which was to fascinate and inspire him throughout his career. At the turn of the century, Bruges, which was known as Bruges-La-Morte following Georges Rodenbach’s novel of that title, was a cult gathering place for Symbolist and mystical painters and writers and was particularly significant for certain Swedish painters. From 1932-1946, Svedlund was the curator of the Thielska Gallery in Stockholm. Among the members of the Association of Swedish Artists, Svedlund was one of the few who impressed the leadership of the Swedish Artists Society (Konstnärsförbundet, which included on it's committee of artists Eugéne Jansson, Nils Kreuger, Karl Nordström, Richard Bergh, Christian Ericsson and Robert Thegerström). This applied particularly to his paintings from Bruges which he showed at the Association’s spring salon in 1899. His work were exhibited at the Venice Biennale (1901) and in Munich (1905) where he won a gold medal, in Rome (1911), Malmö (The Baltic Exhibition of 1914) and Copenhagen (1916). His works are represented in the Nationalmuseum of Sweden, Gothenburg Art Museum and the Thielska Gallery. (http://www.tuttartpitturasculturapoesiamusica.com/2015/01/Pelle-Swedlund.html) undefined

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