One of the best known names of the Swedish Mid-century trend he has become a favourite of Interior Designers and collectors of Swedish art alike. Born in Malmö, he studied at the Skåne painting School in 1946 under the German-Danish artist and sculptor Harald Isenstein (1898-1980). In 1948 he travelled to Paris to study under the French cubist André Lhote (1885-1962) and abstract painter Jean Fautrier (1898-1964).
His first exhibition was held in 1944 with his fellow Skåne painting School student Ib Tollberg (1911-1984) at Killbergs Art Salon in Hälsingborg. He travelled widely through Europe in the decades after the War, exhibiting the results at numerous solo shows in Sweden. He was a regular contributor to the annual group shows of the Skåne's Art Association in Malmö and the Autumn Salons in Helsingborg. In 1958, Lundqvist became a designer and artistic advisor at the Trelleborg & Alsterfors Glasbruk (glassworks). Examples of Lundqvist's work can be found in the Ystad museums and the Malmö General Hospital. He was a member of the Artists' National and the Skane Arts Club.
