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Olaf Skoogfors

Professor and chairman, craft/metals department, Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts) — at time of death in 1975
last checked 2026-05-29

As archived (≈2014)

Born
1930, Sweden

Now (checked 2026)

Goes by
Olaf Skoogfors

Current role
Professor and chairman, craft/metals department, Philadelphia College of Art (now University of the Arts) — at time of death in 1975

Status
Deceased

Link
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Skoogfors

Training

UndergraduatePhiladelphia Museum School of Art/The University of the Arts · 1949 to 1953
BFA · instructor: Kathryn P. Finkbeiner
GraduateSchool for American Craftsmen/Rochester Institute of Technology · 1955 to 1957
MFA · instructor: Hans Christensen

Lineage

Taught at
The University of the Arts · 1959 to 1975

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Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olaf_Skoogforshttps://www.ganoksin.com/article/memory-olaf-skoogfors-1930-1975/https://www.aaa.si.edu/collections/olaf-skoogfors-papers-9976https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/people/18044417/biohttps://emuseum.delart.org/people/1694/olaf-skoogfors

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