Carl Eldh
Born 10 May 1873
Died 26 January 1954
Active: 1903 - 1949
Country of birth and death: Sweden
Sculptor
Born in Östhammar Municipality, Uppland. Eldh was the son of a blacksmith. From 1897 to 1904 he studied in Paris at the Académie Colarossi. He was one of the most important and productive Swedish sculptors of the first half of the twentieth Century. Eldh collaborated in architectural scheme with a number of Swedish architects, among them Ivar Tengbom, Erik Lallerstedt and Ragnar Östberg. His purpose built studio at Bellevue Park, in the north of Stockholm was designed by the architect, Östberg.
Works
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Linnea
1903
August Strindberg
1933
The dance
1933
Eve
1933
Locations
Address 70 Bis Rue Notre Dame des Champs Paris | View on map
1903
Address Bellevueparken Stockholm | View on map
1933 - 1949 (Circa)
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Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Seventh, 1933
Multiple works
Exhibited at The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Third, 1949
'Girl sitting on ground'
Exhibited at Forty-Second Exhibition of Works of Modern Artists, The Royal Glasgow Institute of the Fine Arts, 1903
'Linnea'
Citing this record
'Carl Eldh', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib6_1207660650, accessed 29 May 2023]
