Johan Peter Molin (born 17 March 1814 in

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; died 29 July 1873 in Ekudden near Vaxholm) was a Swedish sculptor. Johan Peter Molin Baltesspannare

Life

Johan Peter Molins father was the baker Anders Molin, who lived in Gothenburg. In 1843, Molin travelled to

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to study with

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. Later he lived in Paris and during eight years in Rome. From 1853 he taught at the Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts and two years later he was appointed professor in sculpting. In 1859 he completed the sculpture The Knife Wrestlers ("Bältespännarna"). Copies of this work exist in Gothenburg, in

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and in other Swedish cities. His statue of

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was unveiled in 1868 in Kungsträdgården in Stockholm, where also the Molin fountain is located. Some of his work was exhibited in London and Paris. Molin won awards from the Order of Vasa, from the Order of the Polar Star, from the

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and from

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Works

*''Karl XII'', bronze, 1868, located in Kungsträdgården in Stockholm *''David med sin slunga'', Marmor, Stockholm Palace, Stockholm *Fountain, bronze, Kungsträdgården in Stockholm *Fountain, bronze, Rådhusparken in

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*'' Johan Anders Wadman'', bronze bust, Göteborg *''Bältesspännarna'', bronze, in the park in front of the Swedish National Museum in Stockholm, in Bältesspännarparken in Gothenburg and in Mästarnas park in

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Some of his works are displayed at the

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, at Vänersborgs museum and at Kalmar konstmuseum, among other places

Gallery

Image:Molins fontän.JPG, Molins fountain in Stockholm Image:Molins fontän.jpg, Molins fountain was placed centrally at the General Industrial Exposition of Stockholm (1866) Image:Johan Peter Molin fontängrupper.png, Fountain groups Image:Karl XIIs torg Stockholm Sweden.jpg, Statue of Karl XII Image:Karl Johan Molin 1867.jpg, Sketch of the statue of Karl XIV Johan in Norway 1867

Literature

*Lindwall, Bo: Johan Peter Molin in

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(1985–1987) (Swedish language) {{DEFAULTSORT:Molin, Johan 1814 births 1873 deaths 19th-century Swedish sculptors People from Gothenburg