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Harald Sandberg is born in Söderhamn as the third child to Johan Edvard and Ottolina Gerina Sandberg. They had moved from Hanebo to Söderhamn sometimes in 1908. "J.E." starts a General Store, which comes to be known as "Sandberg's Corner".
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Circa 1914.
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The war, a trade blockade, food rationing and a failed harvest made the political situation volatile. Sweden was on a brink of a revolution. Söderhamn and other cities in Hälsingland experienced large labor protests.
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Three doctors declared that Harald would not survive his 10th birthday due to a double-sided pneumonia, The illness left him with a life-long heart disease.
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Johan Edvard Sandberg dies at age 40 on Harald's 10th birthday. He was born on March 14, 1882 Tröno, a small town in the county Hälsingland i northern Sweden.
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Possibly in the spring.
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His first taask is to empty the spittoons.
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He stays with his oldest sister Iris, who studies commercial art in Stockholm. He takes a job at a hair salon.
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He fell ill in Stockholm and returned to Söderhamn, where he became partner in a hair salon. This portrait of Harald was taken at a photo studio in Söderhamn, probably around 1930
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I remember a black and white photo album from 1932 with pictures from Gotland. There were also pictures of dad's German Shepherd, but I don't have the album, and I am not sure if they too were from his visit.
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Dont know when. The date is a pure guess. It was an exhibit at Centralskolan, a school in central Söderhamn.
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Unknown date.
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He moves to Linköping with two of his sisters and starts a hair salon.
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Rolf Trolle was a well known painter. They met in Linköping. Not sure about the time. Rolf Trolle sent this portrait to Harald on his 50th birthday in 1962.
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She was born on May 20, 1876.
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Harald closes his hair salon in Linköping and moves to Stockholm sometime in 1941 or early 1942. He rents a room from Mrs. P., and starts a new hair salon located on Lundagatan in Södermalm.
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Not sure about the dates, but once in Stockholm, Harald opens a hair salon in Södermalm. In 1943, he closes it and takes over Damfrisering Centrum, which is located on S:t Eriksgatan 37B. This salon is later renamed Salon Madeleine.
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Not sure about the time. Harald enters the School of Graphics and studies for Harald Sallberg among others.
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Isaac Grünewald was a Swedish painter, who had been a student of Henri Matisse.
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Harald met Bror Hjorth at the "Vicklebyskolan", a summer retreat on the Baltic island Öland, hosted by the painter William Nording and his wife.
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Harald's first exhibit in Stockholm. 50 drawings and 20 oil paintings.
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Sep 28 - Oct 5: Exhibits 40 oil paintings and 20 drawings
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Harald and Constance travelled to Rouen on a small freighter and continued by train to Paris. After a month studying in Paris, they continued by train to Beaune, Basel, Lago di Como, Verona and Venice.
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At Academie Julian and Andre Lhote, while Constance studied at på L’Oréal Institute.
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Harald and Constance took a train to Beaune near the Swiss border, where Constance's sister Åsa worked as an au pair and langugage teacher. Harald fell ill and was hostpitalized at Hospice de Beaune, which had been a hospital since ca 1300. He did several drawings and at least one oil painting was inspired by this visit.
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The date is a guess. Harald and Constance visited Constance's sister Åsa, who was working as an au-pair ner Chalon-sur-Saône in Bourgogne. Harald fell ill and was hospitalized at the ancient hospital in Beaune. After the stay, they continued by train to Basel, and then Lago di Como, and Verona.
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Exact data unknown.
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At Konstsalong Rålambshof.
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Onsdagsgruppen (the Wednesday Group) was a group of artists that meat and discussed art. They held one exhibit in 1952 at Galleri Brinken in Stockholm's Old Town, but the group fell apart within a relatively short time.
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The artist studio was located on Sigrid Undset's street. The photo shows Harald painting a portrait of Constance.
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The family trip in a Berliner 11 pulling a small caravan lasted three months and went to the French Riviera.
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Jan 15-27, 1955.
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Successful debut at Galerie Bruno Bassano at Rue Gregoire de Tours, Paris. March 25-April 9.
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We do not know when the Institute acquired this painting, but we assume that it was shortly after Harald's Paris debut.
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Sometimes during the Autumn of 1955, Harald travelled to northern Spain with his brother Einar and his wife Ingegerd.(See picture). The trip lasted 5 weeks.
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At the Godtemplar hall in Söderhamn.
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Harald became one of the leaders of a local political "revolt" against a stonewall that separated the two parts of Blackeberg's center. He gave many interviews, gavde speeches and presented a drawing with his vision for a plaza inspired by his trips to southern Europe. The fight ended in a partial victory after about a year. The wall was cut in half at considerable expense.
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Harald and Constance bought a small two room summer cottage on an acre of land overlooking the Baltic Sea from the farmer Sture Pettersson in Sandy, a small town on the Baltic island "Öland". The cottage had no electricity, a hand pump for water, a wood fired stove and an outhouse as the only toilet. Over the years, it was expanded to a bungalow with five bedrooms, one living room and a studio with panorama windows.
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The exhibit attracted a record breaking audience. No less than 1.100 people visited the Sandberg exhibit.
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Ängbysalen was a large hall under the Ängby Church, which was bilt in the late 1950s in Blackeberg, Stockholm. At his exhibit in October 1961, Harald Sandberg showed a suite of six large paintings from Paris.
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He travelled to Spain in 1962 and took a ferry to Tangier in Marocco. Dad told me that everybody got really sea sick on the trip and many threw up, but dad was in good spirits and enjoyed a sandwich on the boat. I don't know the date for the trip.
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"Modern Konst i Hemmiljö" was a well known art gallery located on Strandvägen in Stockholm.
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Jan 18-Feb 4.
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April 13-28, 1965 at Rue des Beaux Arts, Paris VI.
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Oct 4 - 18
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Six week long journey with car and a caravan.
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Sep 14 - 28
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To celebrate Connie's 50th birthday.
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Dec 5 - 17. Glowing review by Svenska Dagbladet's Stig Johansson.
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A team under leadership of Dr. Viking Björk inserts an artificial heart valve. At Karolinska Sjukhuset.
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Harald starts Galerie Constance in Blackeberg.
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October 18-29.
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Sep 25 - Oct 13
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Don't know if he attended
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Harald Sandberg died of a heart attack on August 26, 1983.
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