Albin Amelin
{{Short description|Swedish artist (1902–1975)}}
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| image = Albin Amelin.jpg
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|01|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, United States
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1975|02|8|1902|01|25|df=y}}
| death_place = Barrevik, Orust, Sweden
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| nationality = Swedish
| known_for = Illustration, painting
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| training = Konstfack
| movement = Expressionism
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Hans Albin Agaton Amelin (25 January 1902 – 8 February 1975) was a Swedish artist.{{Cite web |last=AB |first=Eniac Data |title=Sök gravsatt på SvenskaGravar.se |url=https://www.svenskagravar.se/gravsatt/45996557 |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=www.svenskagravar.se |language=sv-SE}}
Biography
Amelin was born in Chicago in the United States. Amelin began working as a typography student in 1915 and studied at the Konstfack in Stockholm and from 1919 to 1921 and later continued studies in Paris. He made his debut in 1929 and was one of the founders of Färg och Form art gallery in 1932. He was a politically conscious painter and his motifs are often socially emphasized, often depicting workers. However he painted landscapes as well as still life in expressionist style.{{Cite web |title=Amelin, Albin |url=https://www.degruyter.com/database/AKL/entry/_10051708/html |access-date=2022-06-12 |website=De Gruyter |language=en}}
Amelin joined the Communist Party of Sweden in 1929. He was the founder of the Association of Independent Artists of Sweden. He headed the society "Art for the people".
In connection with the International Labor Organization's 50th anniversary in 1969, the Swedish Post Office issued a stamp with the motif Arbetarhuvud by Amelin.Elisabeth Lidén: Albin Amelin. Sveriges allmänna konstförenings, Stockholm 1975 He is buried in Bromma cemetery.
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Category:20th-century Swedish painters
Category:Swedish genre painters
Category:Swedish still life painters
Category:Communist Party of Sweden (1924) politicians
Category:Swedish anti-fascists
Category:Swedish landscape painters