Arne Isacsson was born in Ronneby,
Sweden. His grandparents had emigrated from
Dalsland to
South Bend, Indiana, United States, but returned in the late 19th century. His father enlisted, but had returned to work as a mill worker in Ronneby at the time of Isacsson's birth. A few years later, the family moved to
Södermalm in
Stockholm and in 1930 to
Gothenburg, where Isacsson graduated in 1935. He was a student of artist
Otte Sköld from 1944 to 1946. Isacsson spent his summers in Dalsland, where he came into contact with the artists and . Together with and they formed the Bengtsfors Group. Isacsson was the originator of the watercolour
monotyping technique and used it, among other things, in collages that were laminated between panes of glass. He is represented at the
Nationalmuseum with a portrait of
Vilhelm Moberg, the
National Portrait Gallery at
Gripsholm, the
Swedish Parliament, the
Centre Culturel Suédois in Paris, the
Gothenburg Museum of Art, and more. Isacsson also collaborated with sculptor on the sculptures '''' in
Fjällbacka and in
Kungshamn. Isacsson was the founder of the
Gerlesborg School of Fine Art in Gerlesborg (1944), eventually with branches in Stockholm (1948) and Provence (1958), and was appointed professor of watercolour technique in 1983. He is the author of several books on watercolour techniques. In 2004 the biography by Gertrud Gidlund and Göran Gustafsson was published. In 2008, a lavishly illustrated licentiate thesis was published: by Anita Midbjer at Umeå University. Isacsson was married from 1947 to 1958 to teacher Kerstin Renqvist (1922–2009), sister of artist ; from 1958 to 1965 to actress (1927–1992); and from 1966 until his death to artist (born 1943). His children include Swedish-Canadian filmmaker
Magnus Isacsson (1948–2012) from his first marriage. Arne Isacsson died in 2010 in Gerlesborg and is buried at Laxarby Cemetery. == Awards ==