Willy Gordon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Willy Gordon

sculptor from Sweden

Date of Birth: 02-Jul-1918

Place of Birth: Houston, Texas, United States

Date of Death: 12-Jul-2003

Profession: sculptor

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Willy Gordon (July 2, 1918 – July 12, 2003) was a Swedish sculptor and artist.
Gordon was born at Ringen in the Russian gubernia of Courland (present day Renge, Ruba parish, Saldus Municipality, Latvia) and later emigrated with his family to Malmö, Sweden when he was seven years old.
He studied sculpture by Nils Sjögren, at the Royal University College of Fine Arts (Swedish: Konsthögskolan) in Stockholm and later with Ossip Zadkine in Paris.