In September, he enrolled at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts (1925–1931) where, once again, he was a student under Carl Wilhelmson. Lundquist's acceptance into the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts made him feel that the world was open to him; he called it a "high". While studying with Wilhelmson, a young Lundquist was advised by another student to find his own style instead of trying to imitate Leonardo da Vinci. Wilhelmson, overhearing the conversation, rejected the student's advice. He felt in Lundquist's quest to become self-realized, it was important to "love something higher (and to) study the masters." Lundquist recalled that Wilhelmson was one of the few people, if not the only, who believed in his abilities. Nonetheless, Lundquist applied and was accepted into the school's decorative department where Olle Hjortzberg was his teacher. Lundquist felt this "experiment' was unsuccessful and "bore meager fruit." He cited his "artistic snobbery" from preventing him from creating the pastiches required of him. Despite having, on occasion, harvested "meager fruit", Lundquist believed his time at the Academy was well spent. Beyond his education as an artist, the Academy had fostered a break with his introspection and shyness, and he had made many good friends. During his time there, Lundquist was given the nickname "Ludde", a name his friends and fellow artists would continue to use during his lifetime. In 1959, Lundquist began to teach painting at The Gerlesborgskolan School of Fine Arts. In 1960, he would also teach at Konsthögskolan (Royal Institute of Art), a position he would continue in for the next ten years. Recognition, exhibitions & awards (partial) His first exhibition was at the Konstnärshuset in Stockholm in 1934, but he became popular only in the 1940s. Noted art historian Olle Granath felt, "Evert Lundquist's breakthrough as an artist came with an exhibition at Konstnärshuset (Swedish Artists' Association) in 1941, when he was thirty-seven years old." An equally impressive and well-reviewed retrospective was presented by Konstnärshuset only three years later in 1944 at the Royal Academy of Art. Many consider this his major breakthrough with the Swedish public. The retrospective garnered excellent reviews and widespread coverage of the event. This attention ensured a further popular breakthrough for Lundquist. In 1956 Lundquist suggested and created a monumental mosaic piece titled . The mosaic extends throughout three floors of the then newly built town hall in Skellefteå. According to friend and fellow artist