Printmaker and teacher, born in Stockholm, Sweden, where she studied at the Konstfackskolan, settling in England in 1948. Studied at the Anglo-French Art Centre; in Paris at L’Académie de la Grande Chaumière; and at Regent Street Polytechnic. In 1957 she started the Print Workshop, providing facilities for artists. Skiöld was a visiting lecturer in printmaking at Bradford, Hammersmith and Wolverhampton Colleges of Art, and a visiting teacher of lithography at University of Wisconsin, 1964. Was a member of the Senefelder Group and its secretary, 1958–60; was a founder-member of the Printmakers’ Council; and a member of Grafiska Sallskapet, Sweden, and of AIA. Took part in international mixed shows and had several solo exhibitions, including Curwen Gallery, 1968, and Oxford Gallery, Oxford, 1971.

Text source: 'Artists in Britain Since 1945' by David Buckman (Art Dictionaries Ltd, part of Sansom & Company)


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