Johan Tobias Sergel

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Johan Tobias Sergel
Johan Tobias Sergel. Lithograph by Alexander Clemens Wetterling, 1849
Born
Johan Tobias Sergel

(1740-09-07)7 September 1740
Stockholm, Sweden
Died26 February 1814(1814-02-26) (aged 73)
Stockholm
NationalitySwedish

Johan Tobias Sergel (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈsæ̌rɡɛl];[1] 7 September 1740 in Stockholm – 26 February 1814 in Stockholm) was a Swedish neoclassical sculptor. Sergels torg, the largest square in the centre of Stockholm and near where his workshop stood, is named after him.[2]

Life

Sergel's bust of queen Sophia Magdalena of Denmark, 1783

Johan Tobias Sergel was born in Stockholm in 1740. He was the son of the decorator, Christoffer Sergel and Elisabet (née Swyrner), and was the brother of the decorator,

Gustav III, subsequently cast in bronze and purchased by the city of Stockholm in 1796. While primarily a sculptor, Sergel (inspired by English artists like Thomas Rowlandson) also drew sequential picture stories, an early form of comic strip.[4]

Portrait of the songwriter and performer Carl Michael Bellman, 1792

Summoned by Gustav III, Sergel returned to Stockholm in 1779 and continued to work there. Among the monuments he created at this time are a tomb for

Fredrique Löwen and was possibly the father of one of her children. He died in his native city on 26 February 1814.[4]

Works

Among his works in the Nationalmuseum in Blasieholmen, central Stockholm are his monumental sculptures "Diomedes Stealing the Palladium", "The Muse of History Recording the Deeds of Gustavus Adolphus", and a "Bust of Gustavus III".[3]

  • Centaur embracing a bacchante, terracotta, 1775–1778
    Centaur embracing a bacchante, terracotta, 1775–1778
  • Passionate couple, wash drawing, n.d.
    Passionate couple, wash drawing, n.d.
  • Venus and Anchises, n.d.
    Venus and Anchises, n.d.
  • Woman climbing out of bath, plaster relief, n.d.
    Woman climbing out of bath, plaster relief, n.d.
  • Self-portrait with his common-law wife Anna-Rella Hellström and their son Gustav, wash drawing, 1793
    Self-portrait with his common-law wife Anna-Rella Hellström and their son Gustav, wash drawing, 1793
  • Sculpture of Axel Oxenstierna, on the south side of the postament of the Gustav II Adolf monument in Stockholm, bronze, 1796
    Sculpture of Axel Oxenstierna, on the south side of the postament of the Gustav II Adolf monument in Stockholm, bronze, 1796
  • Dancing bacchante, crayon on paper, n.d.
    Dancing bacchante, crayon on paper, n.d.
  • Caricature of Frantz Christopher Henrik Hohlenberg (1764-1804), Danish shipbuilder and naval officer, 1797
    Caricature of Frantz Christopher Henrik Hohlenberg (1764-1804), Danish shipbuilder and naval officer, 1797
  • Altar cross of Karlstad Cathedral
    Altar cross of Karlstad Cathedral
  • Statue of King Gustav III of Sweden, Skeppsbron, Stockholm. Dedicated 1808
    Statue of King Gustav III of Sweden, Skeppsbron, Stockholm. Dedicated 1808
  • Tomb of Field Marshal Augustin Ehrensvärd's grave at Suomenlinna, 1805
    Tomb of Field Marshal Augustin Ehrensvärd's grave at Suomenlinna, 1805
  • Medallion of Carl Michael Bellman, Bellmanskällan. Bronze
    Medallion of Carl Michael Bellman, Bellmanskällan. Bronze

References

  1. ^ "Sergel" at Forvo
  2. ISBN 91-522-1810-4
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  3. ^ a b New International Encyclopedia, 1905
  4. ^ a b c Chisholm, 1911
  5. ISBN 978-1-84822-633-3

Sources

  • New International Encyclopedia
    (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
Attribution

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