Pontus Hultén, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pontus Hultén

Swedish art collector and museum director

Date of Birth: 21-Jun-1924

Place of Birth: Stockholm, Sweden

Date of Death: 25-Oct-2006

Profession: curator, art historian, museum director

Nationality: Sweden

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

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.