
Marylyn Hamilton Gierow | 1936-
Marylyn Viveka Herbertsdotter Hamilton Gierow, born February 2, 1936 at Bölsnäs farm in Ljungby parish in Kronoberg county, is a Swedish sculptor. Marylyn Hamilton Gierow studied at the West of England College of Art in Bristol in Great Britain 1959-60, at Konstfack in Stockholm 1960-63 and for Asmund Arle at the Royal Academy of Art in Stockholm 1963-68. Marylyn Hamilton Gierow has become known for sculptures with horse motifs as well as portrait sculptures. She has designed the prizes in trotting's Horse of the Year Gala. She was married to the artist Gösta Gierow (1931–2011).
Public art in selection
Tug of war, bronze, 1982, at the gable of building 18 at Södertälje hospital Horse on back, bronze, outside the former nursing home Rosenhill in Huddinge municipality Unsealed battle, bronze, 1992, farm in the Skaraborg district between Skaraborgsgatan and Skomakargatan on Södermalm in Stockholm Medal parade, glass fiber reinforced concrete, Fortifications Agency in Karlstad Pair of lions, bronze, 2007, outside the O-house, University Hospital in Linköping Gierow is represented at, among others, the National Museum in Stockholm and the Kalmar Art Museum.
