Arne Isacsson was one of Sweden's most famous watercolour artists. Studied for Otte Sköld 1944-46.

Isacsson was born in Ronneby, Sweden

Sweden

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. He was the founder of the Gerlesborg School of Fine Art in Gerlesborg, Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

 and Provence. Professor of watercolour art. Recipient of the Illis Quorum

Illis Quorum

Illis Quorum ["For Those Whose Labors Have Deserved It"], today the highest award that can be conferred upon an individual Swedish citizen by the Government of Sweden....

 medal 1999. Honorary doctor at the University of Umeå 2004. Author of several books on watercolour techniques.

Married to the painter Margareta Blomberg.

Represented at:

• The National museum of art, Stockholm, Sweden
• The Gothenburg museum of Art
• The National Public Art Council (Sweden)
• The Nordic Watercolour Museum
  Nordic Watercolour Museum
  The Nordic Watercolour Museum is a museum, artist workshop and research facility in Skärhamn on the island Tjörn in Sweden, opened in 2000. The architects behind the museum, painted in the typical Swedish Falu red colour, are the Danes Niels Bruun och Henrik Corfitsen...