Sixten Ringbom

Sixten Ringbom
Born(1935-07-27)27 July 1935
Turku
Died(1992-08-18)18 August 1992
Turku
Citizenship Finland
EducationÅbo Akademi University
Occupationsart historian, professor
Notable workThe Sounding Cosmos (1970)
ChildrenVeronika Ringbom
FatherLars-Ivar Ringbom

Sixten Ivar Alexander Ringbom (July 27, 1935 – August 18, 1992) was a Finnish art historian.

Biography

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Sixten Ringbom was the son of Lars-Ivar Ringbom [sv], a professor of art history at Åbo Akademi University. He studied at the Swedish classical lyceum (Swedish: Svenska klassiska lyceum) in Turku, then at the Åbo Akademi University among students of his father. In 1965, Sixten received his PhD. A supervisor his doctoral thesis was art historian Ernst Gombrich. In 1970, Ringbom succeeded his father as professor of art history at Åbo Akademi University.

Ringbom became the first scientist who has supposed an existence of a connection between early abstract art and occultism. He published his conjectures in an article "Art in 'The Epoch of the Great Spiritual': Occult Elements in the Early Theory of Abstract Painting" (1966) and in a book The Sounding Cosmos: A Study in the Spiritualism of Kandinsky and the Genesis of Abstract Painting (1970). According to WorldCat, he had written 93 works. From 1969 to 1973, he was the chief editor of Finsk Tidskrift, he was also the editor of a book Konsten i Finland [Art in Finland].

Published works

Books

Selected articles

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ "Works: 93 works in 255 publications in 9 languages and 1,484 library holdings."

References

  1. ↑ Kruskopf.
  2. ↑ Lindberg1.
  3. 1 2 3 Lindberg2.
  4. 1 2 Nummelin.
  5. ↑ Introvigne 2018, pp. 31, 32.
  6. ↑ Introvigne 2018, p. 31.
  7. ↑ WorldCat.

Sources

  • "Ringbom, Sixten". WorldCat Identities. OCLC WorldCat. 2019. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  • Introvigne, M. (2018). "The Sounding Cosmos Revisited". Nova Religio. 21 (3). University of California: 29–46. ISSN 1541-8480. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  • Kruskopf, Erik (2009). "Ringbom, Veronika". Uppslagsverket Finland (in Swedish). Svenska folkskolans vänner. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  • Lindberg, Bo Ossian (2006). "Ringbom, Lars-Ivar (1901–1971)". Kansallisbiografia (in Finnish). Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  • ———— (2014). "Ringbom, Sixten (1935–1992)". Biografiskt Lexikon för Finland (in Swedish). Svenska litteratursällskapet i Finland. Retrieved 27 July 2019.
  • Nummelin, Rolf (2009). "Ringbom, Sixten". Uppslagsverket Finland (in Swedish). Svenska folkskolans vänner. Retrieved 27 July 2019.