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Ulla Fries

Title: The Philosopher
Image Size: 250 x 490mm
Medium: Engraving

Ulla Fries was born 1946 in Uppsala where she lives and works. She studied at the Royal University College of Fine Arts, Stockholm, from 1970 - 1976 and The Slade School of Fine Art in London in 1974. Since 1998 she has been the Drawing Master at Uppsala University. She is a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm and has been awarded The Prince Eugen Medal for outstanding artistic merit by Carl Gustaf XVI, King of Sweden. Ulla is represented in many international collections including His Majesty King Gustav Adolf VI Collection, Stockholm, The Portrait Collection of the Royal Academy of Science Stockholm, The Modern Museum, Stockholm, The National Gallery, Oslo, Norway, Alvar Alto Museum, Jyveskyla, Finland, Ateneum, Helsinki, Finland, Bibliotheque National de Paris, France, and The National Gallery, Canberra, Australia.


Ulla Fries