Olle Nymans ateljéer och konstnärshem

About the museum

Olle Nyman (1909–1999) was a painter, sculptor and textile artist and grew up in Saltsjö-Duvnäs, where the family had owned the farm since 1863, when Olle’s maternal grandfather bought the headland, known as Dufnäs gård. His father, Hilding Nyman, was an artist and illustrator and had close contact with artists such as Anders Zorn, Carl Larsson and Albert Engström. His sister Kajsa Nyman was a milliner who made ladies’ hats.

In the 1950s Olle began, together with Kajsa, to rebuild the house that is now the museum. Olle and Kajsa decided during their lifetimes that the garden, the houses and the studio should be preserved as a foundation. Olle died in 1999 and Kajsa in 2001. Since 2007 the house and studios have been a museum and art hall. Olle’s studio has been left untouched since his death, and his clothes still hang on the hook by the door.

Today the site is managed by Syskonen Kajsa och Olle Nymans kulturstiftelse (the Kajsa and Olle Nyman Siblings’ Cultural Foundation) in cooperation with Nacka Municipality. The artist’s home and the Old Studio (Gamla ateljén) can only be visited by guided tour. In the New Studio (Nya ateljén) art by contemporary artists is shown during the summer half-year, and in the house that once held the sculpture workshop there is a restaurant. During the winter half-year there are activities for children and young people as well as courses.

Highlights

• The artist’s home with interiors and objects as they were left
• The Old Studio with Olle Nyman’s untouched working environment
• Collections of Hilding Nyman’s hand-coloured drawings
• Garden with 13 signs on art and cultural history
• The New Studio with exhibitions of contemporary art

Permanent exhibition

• Konstnärshemmet och Gamla ateljén – Personal history museum where the home and studio remain as Olle and Kajsa Nyman left them, with guided tours.

Founded

2007

Operated by

Syskonen Kajsa och Olle Nymans kulturstiftelse

Admission & discounts

Tickets are bought on site in the New Studio. Price for the artist’s home tour SEK 120 (pensioners SEK 100), the Old Studio SEK 40.

Accessibility

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Kids & families

Great for kids & families

• Family tours & workshops

Art school for young people from Nacka and studios for both children and adults; activities for children and young people take place during the winter half-year.

Getting there & parking

Amenities & dining

• Café
• Restaurant
• Museum shop

The restaurant Olle & Kajsa in the house that once held the sculpture workshop. Sales of Olle Nyman’s graphic prints (artshop).

Events & venue rental

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