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Top Summer Experiences in 2022 – Sweden
Piece by Susanna Jablonski and Cara Tolmie: Listening Panels (Hard Measures). Photo: Valdemar Asp
Tracing history through installation and exploration As a successful portrait sculptor and artist commissioned for numerous public works throughout the first half of the 1900s, Carl Eldh (1873–1954) was part of shaping the image of the historic, as well as the emergent, new Sweden. Many of his universal renderings of the human experience stemmed from his studio in Stockholm, a tarred wooden building located in a serene spot close to the city centre and entryway into an entirely different world. The studio has since been transformed into a museum open for all, and summer season 2022 will signal a new start with exciting events and exhibitions awaiting around the corner. By Nina Bressler
Carl Eldh, a brief history: Carl Eldh is the artist that grew up in Söderskogen, a small mining community in northern Uppland, Sweden. Born in 1873, his background was humble, and to save up enough money to train as a sculptor, 60 |
Issue 142
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May 2022
“Eldh’s journey, from a working class background into the fine art salons in France, is truly fascinating. Success wasn’t handed to him; he earned it through stamina and talent. His early flair for artistry and his deep fascination with the human experience elevated him into the top artistic spheres, on both the Swedish and an international stage,” says Joanna Nordin, newly appointed director for Carl Eldhs Ateljémuseum.
he worked as an ornament moulder for several years in his hometown.
A magical spot
Moderssorg was the sculpture that brought him recognition, earning him a gold medal at the Paris Salon in 1902.
The studio is located in Stockholm, not far from the city centre but tucked away peacefully close to Brunnsviken in Bellevue, part of The Royal National City
