Pontus Hultén

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1924-06-21

Deathday 2006-10-26 (82 years old)

Place of Birth Stockholm, Sweden

Also Known As Pontus Hultén

Pontus Hultén

Biography

Karl Gunnar Vougt Pontus Hultén (21 June 1924 – 26 October 2006) 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 for 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 its first director in 1974–1981.

Known For

Director

1957
X

as Director

1957
The Movement

as Director

1956
A Day in the City

as Director

1954
A Miracle

as Director

Writer

1956