What is Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd?
[[File:Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd (1964) by Erling Mandelmann.jpg|frame|Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, photographed by [[Erling Mandelmann]] in 1964]] '''Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd''' (4 June 1934 &ndash; 3 May 2016) was a [[Swedish people|Swedish]] [[Painting|painter]] and [[sculptor]]. He was a [[professor]] of painting at The Academy of Fine Arts in [[Stockholm]] from 1965 until 1969. In 1974, he was a guest professor at [[Minneapolis School of Art]] in [[Minneapolis]], [[Minnesota]]. In 1986 he was awarded the [[Prince Eugen Medal]] for painting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcourt.se/download/18.30963a1811be3fda3ab80008195/Prins+Eugen-medaljen+1945-2010.pdf|title=List of recipients 1945-2007|publisher=[[Royal Court of Sweden]]|access-date=15 February 2015|archive-date=29 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200329015037/https://www.kungahuset.se/download/18.30963a1811be3fda3ab80008195/Prins+Eugen-medaljen+1945-2010.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> Reuterswärd was known for his sculpture showing a [[revolver]] tied in a [[knot]], called ''[[Non-Violence (sculpture)|Non violence]]''. It is outside of the [[United Nations Headquarters]] in [[New York City]]. Reuterswärd died of [[pneumonia]] at a hospital in [[Landskrona]], Sweden on 3 May 2016, aged 81.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/arts/carl-fredrik-reutersward-known-for-knotted-gun-sculpture-dies-at-81.html?mtrref=www.google.com&gwh=DE62E38B16F5D473EC1AE8AD42DE0C6B&gwt=pay|title=Carl Fredrik Reutersward, Known for Knotted-Gun Sculpture, Dies at 81|publisher=[[The New York Times]].com|access-date=7 May 2016|date=4 May 2016|author=Daniel E. Slotnik}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Reutersward, Carl Fredrik}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]] [[Category:Swedish painters]] [[Category:Sculptors]] [[Category:20th-century painters]] [[Category:21st-century painters]] {{bio-stub}}