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Renqvist, (Karl) Torsten
(b Ludvika, Kopparberg, 10 May 1924). Swedish sculptor, painter, draughtsman, teacher and administrator. He studied at the Otte Sköldskonstskola (1945) and at the Konsthögskola (1948 and 1953), both in Stockholm, at the Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi, Copenhagen (1946–7) and at the Slade School of Art, London (1951–2). In 1954 he studied art history and archaeology at Högskola (now Universitetet) in Stockholm. He also spent long periods in sanatoria suffering from tuberculosis. In 1945 Renqvist had become acquainted with the Norrbotten landscape of northern Sweden, and thereafter he had a strong attachment to the most northerly parts of Scandinavia; in 1955 he acquired a studio there in Sandsjärv, Överkalix. Nature played an important role as a source of inspiration for his expressionistic paintings of still-lifes and landscapes (e.g. The Rain, 1955; Stockholm, Mod. Mus.). His graphic works were often inspired by literature and the daily newspapers. In 1956–8 he taught at and was director of the Konsthögskola Valand in Göteborg. Renqvist suddenly ceased to paint and draw in 1967 and began instead to work as a sculptor.
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