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Pontus Hultén

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Swedish art collector and museum director (1924-2006)

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Karl Gunnar Vougt Pontus Hultén was a Swedish art collector and museum director. Pontus Hultén is regarded as one of the most distinguished museum professionals of the twentieth century.

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Filmography 9

A Day in the City1956
A Miracle1954
X1957
Juninatt1965
Niki de Saint Phalle1982
Tinguely: A Kinetic Cosmos1971
Konstsamlaren och katastrofen2017
Sture Mars Collection 69-791979
The Movement1957

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Awards 3

Professor
International Swede of the Year
H. M. The King's Medal

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Karl Gunnar Vougt Pontus Hultén was a Swedish art collector and museum director. Pontus Hultén is regarded as one of the most distinguished museum professionals of the twentieth century. He was the pioneering former head of the Museum of Modern Art in Stockholm and in the 1970s he was invited to participate in the creation of the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, where he was the first director of the Musée National d'Art Moderne (MNAM) in 1974-1981.

Country
Sweden
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1924 to 2006 · aged 82
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8 languages

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