Otte Sköld

Joseph Adolf Johannes Sköld, commonly known as Otte Sköld, was a Swedish painter, mosaicist, scenographer, draftsman, graphic artist, and teacher. He taught at the Académie Moderne and Académie Scandinave both in Montparnasse, Paris, and later ran his own painting school in Stockholm. Sköld worked as the director of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, and was involved with the founding of the Moderna Museet.

Early life and education

Otte Sköld was born as Joseph Adolf Johannes Sköld on 14 July 1894, in Wuchang, China. His parents, Eva Charlotta Eriksdotter and, were missionaries. His brother was Hannes Sköld, a noted linguist and Socialist. His early schooling was in China, and at the age of thirteen his family moved to Sweden.
He attended, the Carl Wilhelmson painting school, and the Technical School in Stockholm.

Career

In 1926, he taught at the Académie Moderne, and at the newly opened Académie Scandinave; both schools were in Montparnasse, Paris. The following year in 1927, he opened his own painting school, Otte Skölds Art School in Stockholm. He was a professor at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts from 1938 until 1942, and served as director from 1941 until 1950.
Sköld was a superintendent and director of the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm from 1950 until 1958. He was involved with the founding development of the Moderna Museet, which opened in 1958.
Sköld died on 7 November 1958, in the district of Hägersten in Stockholm, Sweden, and is buried in the cemetery at.
His work can be found in museum collections, including the Finnish National Gallery, the National Museum of Norway, the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Ostergotlands Museum in Linköping, Sweden, Norrköping Art Museum in Norrköping, Sweden, the Perlman Teaching Museum at Carleton University, and the National Gallery of Denmark.