Georg Lagerstedt
Biographical information
| Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
|---|---|
| Sex | Male |
| Full name | Georg Vilhelm•Lagerstedt |
| Used name | Georg•Lagerstedt |
| Born | 23 September 1892 in Agunnaryd, Ljungby, Kronoberg (SWE) |
| Died | 24 November 1982 in Lidingö, Stockholm (SWE) |
| NOC |  Sweden |
Biography
Swedish painter Georg Lagerstedt participated in the 1932 and 1936 Olympic Games in the Art Competitions. He studied at the Göteburg Museum School of Painting and the Arts School of Fine Arts. He then traveled and painted intensively in Spain and Morocco, and in Paris, where he studied further. Lagerstedt was one of Sweden’s most sought-after cartoonists and the first in Sweden to produce newspaper drawings that could be reproduced directly. He was also a sporting painter and sports cartoonist. Lagerstedt drew musicians, dancers and actors, and illustrated books for prominent writers. He was a cosmopolitan and spoke several languages fluently.
As a painter he was adherent to a realistic depiction. The painting Junior Boxing, actually Boxningstävling (Boxing Match), can be clearly identified by the label of the Los Angeles Art Exhibition still sticking on the verso. It was painted in 1929 in oil on canvas in the format 65 x 81 cm. His drawings, submitted in 1936, could not be identified. There were numerous drawings made in the 1930s, however, mostly depicting boxers.