Albin Amelin (1902-1975) was born in 1902 in Chicago where his parents emigrated. Amelin was a Swedish artist who painted heavily with rich colors, rough outlines and thick paint. In 1915 he began studying at the Technical School in Stockholm and continued on his own in Paris. But Albin Amelin is primarily considered an autodidact when it comes to his art. He made his debut in 1929, when he caused a great stir at the Swedish-French Gallery with his painting, which differed from the prevailing art of painting. He was a politically conscious painter and his motifs are socially emphasized, often with manual workers. He also made landscape paintings and flower still lifes in an expressionist style. Vincent van Gogh and Oskar Kokoschka are some who influenced him. Amelin founded the artists' association and later the gallery Färg & Form together with, among others, Axel Nilsson, Bror Hjort, Börje Gideon, Vera Nilsson and Sven "X:et" Erixson.

He is represented in most Swedish museums, including the National Museum, Gothenburg Museum of Art, and Malmö Art Museum.