Gerlesborg School of Fine Art

The Gerlesborg School of Fine Art was founded in 1944 by the painter Arne Isacsson.

Hans Fromén, art historian, and Jöran Salmson, artist, were also teachers at that time.

At the beginning of the 1950s, the college was really established and the basis of the currently important artistic and cultural centre was laid, both nationally and internationally.

In 1963, the Gerlesborg School of Fine Art Foundation was constituted and was allowed government subsidy.

In 1969, at the schools 25-year anniversary, it was considered the largest free art college in Scandinavia.