Batte Sahlin

Swedish painter and sculptor, born June 17, 1929 in Åre. He made her debut at Galleri Prisma in Stockholm in 1962. He is represented at the Moderna museet, Nationalmuseum, (Statens porträttsamlingar på Gripsholms slott), Jämtlands läns museum, Sundsvalls museum, Statens konstråd, Stockholms stads samlingar and in many county councils. Public decorations: corridor paintings in Solberga hospital, sculptures in wood, copper and soapstone in Huså, mural in Huså, Åre municipality, bronze relief in Ocke, painted wooden reliefs on the entrance to Jämtland County Museum - Jamtli in Östersund. Sahlin works in parallel with sculpture and painting. He received in 2006 A. Th. Sandberg's watercolor prize from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts with the motivation For coloristically rich and vital watercolors whose appearance sometimes approaches the monumental. During the years 1968–1980, he also worked with Teater Narren in Stockholm, and has also been active in film. Sahlin played several roles in the 1974 TV series Huset Silfvercronas gåta.