Enno Hallek

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Enno Hallek
Born(1931-11-07)7 November 1931
Rohuküla, Estonia
Died31 December 2025(2025-12-31) (aged 94)
Stockholm, Sweden
Alma materRoyal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts
OccupationArtist
StylePop art, conceptualism, postmodernism
Enno Hallek's Pippi L from 1998 outside Astrid Lindgren Children's Hospital (part of Karolinska University Hospital)

Enno Hallek (7 November 1931 – 31 December 2025) was a Swedish artist and academic. He and his family moved to Sweden from Soviet-occupied Estonia as refugees in 1943.[1] He was educated at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts, and had his first solo exhibition in 1963 at Konstnärshuset in Stockholm. He was a professor of arts at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts between 1981 and 1991. He and Åke Pallarp designed the Stadion metro station.[2]

Early years

Hallek grew up in Rohuküla, Estonia, where his father worked as a fisherman. [3] The family fled the Soviet occupation of Estonia on its fishing trawler in 1943 and arrived at Torsö on Listerlandet in Blekinge, Sweden.[4]

The family settled on Torsö and continued their fishing business there.[5] During the 1940s, Hallek took courses in drawing via correspondence, and after winning a drawing competition at school he received the opportunity to travel to Paris.[6] Hallek moved to Stockholm in 1950 and began attending Signe Barth's school of the arts.[7] He attended the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts from 1953 to 1958.[2]

Artistry

Stadium subway station

Hallek had his first solo exhibition in 1963, and his work has been regularly exhibited since. [8] He has claimed to be inspired by the rainbows and sunsets[4] he experienced while, as a child, frequently living on his family's fishing trawler.[2][9]

During the 1970s and 1980s, he worked on hybrids between sculptures and paintings.[10] In 1989, Hallek returned to Estonia for the first time since becoming a refugee, and has since held several exhibitions in his birth country.[4]

From 1990, he worked on a series of paintings called Bärbara solnedgångar (Portable Sunsets).[11] The paintings consist of two half-circles that have been sawed out of plywood, tied with strings, and had a handle attached to them. [12] In late 2008, a series of these works were exhibited at the Moderna Museet in Stockholm.[12]

Death

Hallek died on 31 December 2025 in Stockholm, at the age of 94.[13][14]

References

  1. ↑ "Enno Hallek: Lexikonett amanda". Lexikonettamanda.se. Archived from the original on 30 January 2016. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 Konsten – Närbild Enno Hallek Konsten.net Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  3. ↑ "Flydde från krigets Estland och blev ålfiskare på Torsö – Torsöhus". torsohus.se. 25 June 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 "UNHCR – Hallek, Ennio". Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. Archived from the original on 25 March 2016. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  5. ↑ Johan Persson (16 July 2008). "Hallek bär med sig solnedgången". Kristianstadsbladet. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  6. ↑ "Konstens bäst efter datum – intervju med Enno Hallek". Konsten. 11 March 2009. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  7. ↑ Engqvist, Jonatan Habib (4 October 2018). "– Man kan inte komma med ett påstående utan att lägga till en fråga". kunstkritikk.se. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  8. ↑ "Enno Hallek – Portable Sunset Forever". Konstakademien. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  9. ↑ "Konsten – Konstens bäst efter datum – intervju med Enno Hallek". Konsten.net. 11 March 2009. Archived from the original on 7 November 2018. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  10. ↑ "Konstens bäst efter datum: intervju med Enno Hallek". Konstforeningen.se. Archived from the original on 2 July 2015. Retrieved 11 August 2015.
  11. ↑ "Hallek bär med sig solnedgången". Kristianstadsbladet. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
  12. 1 2 Enno Hallek konst Archived 12 August 2015 at the Wayback Machine Omkonst.com. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
  13. ↑ Konstnären bakom regnbågen på Stadions t-bana död Dagens Nyheter. Retrieved 5 January 2026. (in Swedish)
  14. ↑ "Kolla lön: Enno Hallek (94 år) Stockholm | Ratsit". ratsit.se. Retrieved 5 January 2026.
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