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Johan Tobias Sergel (; 7 September 1740 in Stockholm – 26 February 1814 in Stockholm) was a
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, Anna Brita Sergel. His first teacher was Pierre Hubert Larchevêsque.New International Encyclopedia, 1905 After studying in Paris, he went to
File:Centaure enlacant une bacchante.jpg, Centaur embracing a bacchante, terracotta, 1775-1778
File:Hetsigtkärlekspar.jpg, Passionate couple, wash drawing, n.d.
File:Venus och Ankises.jpg , Venus and Anchises, n.d.
File:Sergel Kvinna som stiger ur badet.jpg, Woman climbing out of bath, plaster relief, n.d.
File:Johan Tobias Sergel, självporträtt från 1793.jpg, Self-portrait with his common-law wife Anna-Rella Hellström and their son Gustav, wash drawing, 1793
File:Johan Tobias Sergel Oxenstierna 02.jpg, Sculpture of Axel Oxenstierna, on the south side of the postament of the Gustav II Adolf monument in Stockholm, bronze, 1796
File:Johan Tobias Sergel - Dansande Backantinna.jpg, Dancing bacchante, crayon on paper, n.d.
File:Frantz Hohlenberg by Sergel.jpg, Caricature of Frantz Christopher Henrik Hohlenberg (1764-1804), Danish shipbuilder and naval officer, 1797
File:Karlstads domkyrka altar cross.jpg, Altar cross of Karlstad Cathedral
File:Monument_to_King_Gustav_III_of_Sweden_(Stockholm).jpg, Statue of King Gustav III of Sweden, Skeppsbron, Stockholm. Dedicated 1808
File:Suomenlinna Ehrensvard grave.jpg, Tomb of Field Marshal Augustin Ehrensvärd's grave at Suomenlinna, 1805
File:Bellmanskällan 2012bb.jpg, Medallion of
Johan Tobias Sergel
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neoclassical sculptor. Sergels torg
Sergels torg ("Sergel's Square") is a major public square in Stockholm, Sweden, constructed in the 1960s and named after 18th-century sculptor Johan Tobias Sergel, whose workshop was once located north of the square.
Overview
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, the largest square in the centre of Stockholm and near where his workshop stood, is named after him.
Life
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, Anna Brita Sergel. His first teacher was Pierre Hubert Larchevêsque.New International Encyclopedia, 1905 After studying in Paris, he went to Rome
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.Chisholm, 1911 He stayed in Rome for twelve years and sculpted a number of groups in marble. Besides subjects from classical mythology
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such as the ''Diomedes Stealing the Palladium'', which he sold to the British collector, Thomas Mansel Talbot, in 1772, he also sculpted a colossal representation of ''The Muse of History Recording the Deeds of Gustavus Adolphus'', in which are depicted the achievements of King Gustav II Adolf
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before the Chancellor, Axel Oxenstierna. It was in Rome also that he modelled the statue of King Gustav III
Gustav III (29 March 1792), also called ''Gustavus III'', was King of Sweden from 1771 until his assassination in 1792. He was the eldest son of Adolf Frederick of Sweden and Queen Louisa Ulrika of Prussia.
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, 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
Thomas Rowlandson (; 13 July 175721 April 1827) was an English artist and caricaturist of the Georgian Era, noted for his political satire and social observation. A prolific artist and printmaker, Rowlandson produced both individual social an ...
) also drew sequential picture stories, an early form of comic strip.
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 Gustav Vasa
Gustav I, born Gustav Eriksson of the Vasa noble family and later known as Gustav Vasa (12 May 1496 – 29 September 1560), was King of Sweden from 1523 until his death in 1560, previously self-recognised Protector of the Realm ('' Riksför ...
, a monument to Descartes, and a large relief in the church of St. Clarens, representing the Resurrection
Resurrection or anastasis is the concept of coming back to life after death. In a number of religions, a dying-and-rising god is a deity which dies and is resurrected. Reincarnation is a similar process hypothesized by other religions, whic ...
. He was an important part of the artistic elite in Stockholm, drawing a portrait of Sweden's bard Carl Michael Bellman
Carl Michael Bellman (; 4 February 1740 – 11 February 1795) was a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, poet and entertainer. He is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a powerful influence in Swedish music, as well ...
among others. He had a relationship with the celebrated actress Fredrique Löwen and was possibly the father of one of her children. He died in his native city on 26 February 1814.
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".Carl Michael Bellman
Carl Michael Bellman (; 4 February 1740 – 11 February 1795) was a Swedish songwriter, composer, musician, poet and entertainer. He is a central figure in the Swedish song tradition and remains a powerful influence in Swedish music, as well ...
, Bellmanskällan. Bronze
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Johan Tobias Sergel
at Lambiek artists archive. {{DEFAULTSORT:Sergel, Johan Tobias Swedish male sculptors Neoclassical sculptors 1740 births 1814 deaths Age of Liberty people Gustavian era people Swedish cartoonists Artists from Stockholm 18th-century sculptors 18th-century Swedish artists 18th-century Swedish male artists 19th-century Swedish sculptors 19th-century Swedish male artists