Designer · Sweden · 1929–2014
Denice Zetterquist
Denice Zetterquist (1929–2014) – Swedish painter, draughtswoman, graphic artist and drawing teacher.
About the designer
- Lifetime
- 1929–2014
- Country
- Sweden
Denice Zetterquist, née Larson, was born on 28 November 1929 in Väröbacka, Halland, and grew up in New York; she died in 2014 in Arvice. She studied at Slöjdföreningens skola in Gothenburg (1947–1950) and at Valands konstskola (1951–1955) under Endre Nemes, and subsequently taught drawing in Kinna. From 1954, she was married to the artist Olle Zetterquist.
In 1965, she received a scholarship from Hallands konstförening, and in 1965–1966 she and her husband held scholarships in Paris. She exhibited, among others, at Liljevalchs Stockholmssalong and at Nationalmuseum (“Unga tecknare” 1963–1964). Her works included a mosaic and a stained-glass window for a school in Örebro, as well as enamel painting for Östra Hospital in Gothenburg.
