Per Hasselberg
Per Hasselberg (born January 1, 1850 in Hasselstad near Ronneby , † July 25, 1894 in Stockholm ), before 1870 Karl Petter Åkesson , was a Swedish sculptor . He is primarily known for his finely crafted nude figures with nature symbolism. Copies of his works can be found in parks, squares, museums and in private hands in Sweden.
biography
Per Hasselberg was born on January 1st, 1850 in the small village of Hasselstad near Ronneby in the Blekinge province in southern Sweden. He was the sixth child in a poor family. His very religious father, Åke Andersson, was a smallholder, bridge builder and carpenter.
Per left school when he was twelve and became a carpenter's apprentice in Karlshamn , where he also trained as an ornament sculptor. In 1869 he moved to Stockholm, where he had several jobs as an ornament sculptor and attended evening and weekend courses at the art school.
In 1876 he received a scholarship from the government agency for foreign trade (Kommerskollegium) for a trip to Paris, where he was accepted the following year at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts de Paris . There he studied for three years with the sculptor and academy professor François Jouffroy . He then worked as a sculptor in Paris until 1890, after which he returned to Stockholm, where he opened a studio in Östermalm .
In 1885 he was admitted to the Sahlgrenska University Clinic in Gothenburg with aortic dissection (tear in the inner wall of the main artery) . At that time the disease was still incurable and a certain death sentence. While Hasselberg recovered during his stay in the clinic, he was informed that he had a few more years to live. In 1894 his health deteriorated again and after another attack he died within 36 hours on July 25, 1894 in the Stockholm hospital.
At the time of his death, Hasselberg was free of debt and had an order backlog of approximately SEK 30,000, which is equivalent to approximately US $ 250,000 in 2015. Part of his last wish was that the large marble blocks that were on a ship from Italy and were intended for large copies of farfaders and sewing roses should be handed over to his sculptor colleague Christian Eriksson so that he could carry out the work (which he also did).
Works (selection)
"Snöklockan" ("Snowdrop", Paris 1881)
The original French title was La Perce-Neige (The Snowbreaker). The work was first made in plaster for the exhibition in the Salon in Paris in 1881. Hasselberg's model was a 16-year-old Italian. At its base, the sculpture shows a small clump of snowdrops, and the plant was understood as a symbol for the new beginning in the cycle of life.
Snöklocka is actually not the common Swedish name for the flower. This is snödroppe ("snow drop "). Rather, snöklocka is a rather uncommon poetic variant that has its origin in the literal translation of the German name Schneeglöckchen . So by naming it Snöklockan ("snow bell ") a musical allusion was added, and the figure's right hand is close to the right ear.
The exhibition in Salon 1881 was rewarded with an honorary award, which no other work by a Swedish artist achieved that year. This success meant that Hasselberg became famous in Sweden in one fell swoop and that the National Museum in Stockholm soon ordered a copy of Snöklockan in marble. This was finished in 1883 and received a gold medal in the Paris Salon that year. In 1885 Göteborg's Konstmuseum also had a marble copy. The Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen got a 1889. Bronze copies in public places are on the Mariatorget (Marienplatz) in Södermalm / Stockholm, in Falun , Ronneby and in Rottneros Park near Sunne .
1,700 copies in Parian (marble imitation) with a height of 50 cm and 625 copies in 60 cm were made by the Gustavsberg porcelain factory from 1887 to 1926 .
In the recent reception of Snöklockan in Sweden in the 21st century, special feminist views also emerged . An author of the catalog for the major Hasselberg retrospective in Stockholm in 2010 claimed that the statue's closed eyes did not indicate the process of awakening, but that Hasselberg had "forced the young woman's body" into an "unconscious state".
"Farfadern" ("Grandfather", Paris 1886)
The original French name was L'Aiëul ("The Grandfather"), and the sculpture was first made in plaster in Paris in 1886 and exhibited in the Palais de l'Industrie that same year . The basic idea was to depict the cycle of nature with its poles young and old. It had its origins during the hospital stay in Gothenburg, when Hasselberg learned that he only had a few years to live. So he knew that this could be his last work and thus his artistic testament.
The plan then became concrete when he saw an old man sitting on a boulevard in Paris with a naked, sleeping boy on his knees. When the work was finished, his artist friends were enthusiastic, but the exhibition was not a success.
The original plaster designs by Hasselberg itself are now lost, but a bronze version was built near the National Library in Stockholm in 1896 , and a marble copy, also from 1896, is now in Gothenburg's Konstmuseum .
"Grodan" ("Toad", Paris 1889)
Grodan ("toad") had the French. Original name La Grenouille ("The Frog") and was created in plaster for the Paris World Exhibition in 1889 and exhibited there. A little toad sits between the girl's knees. According to Hasselberg, the concept arose spontaneously when a model was sitting in this position on the floor in his studio during a break.
The French. The word grenouille does not only mean “toad” (or “frog”), but also “street girl” in common parlance. It is not known whether Hasselberg knew this second meaning. In the reception, however, the view was expressed that he might have wanted to express the view of his time regarding a certain contradiction in the idea of youth.
Several bronze copies are in public parks in Sweden and marble copies in museums. The latest bronze copy from 2009 in Ulricehamn replaced a stolen copy from the 1940s. 230 copies in Parian (marble imitation) with a height of 38 cm and 241 copies in 26 cm were made by the Gustavsberg porcelain factory between 1906 and 1926.
"Näckrosen" ("Water Lily", Stockholm 1892)
Näckrosen ("water lily") was first exhibited in plaster in 1892 at the Danish Art Association in Copenhagen and in the same year in Gothenburg / Sweden. In 1893 it was presented at the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago .
The statue shows a young woman lying on a large lily pad over the water, surrounded by water lilies and heads of old men, symbolizing water spirits . The first part of the flower's name, Näck , means water spirit in Scandinavia. The literal translation of the name would be water spirit rose . Such an association does not usually exist when the flower is discussed, but here Hasselberg made it inevitable through the minds of the old men. At the back of the statue is a tree stump holding a chain with a large padlock, apparently as a sign that the large lily pad was attached to the chain.
gallery
Tjusningen (fascination) since 1917 on Mariatorget (Marienplatz), Stockholm
Snöklockan from 1885 in marble in the Gothenburg Art Museum
Snöklockan , original in plaster from 1881 in the town hall of Ronneby
Snöklockan in Kronbergs Minne Park in Falun since 1910
Ernst Josephson , in bronze from 1883, copies in several museums
Såningskvinnan ( Sower ) from 1883 in Brunnsparken, Gothenburg
Sven Adolf Hedlund from 1883 at the Samhällsvetenskapliga Biblioteket, Gothenburg
Pontus Fürstenberg , marble from 1885 in Gothenburg's Art Museum
Snöklockan in marble and six ceiling sculptures from 1895, Gothenburg Art Museum
Farfadern since 1896 near the National Library in Stockholm
Vågens tjusning (Fascination of the Wave), in the park on Herrgårdsvägen on Hästö, Karlskrona since 1920
Vågens tjusning (Fascination of the Wave), in the park on Vasakyrkan, Engelbrektsgatan, Gothenburg since 1922
Grodan since 1917 in the Brunnspark in Ronneby Brunn
Grodan in Grodpark, Ulricehamn since 1949
Coco from 1953 in Rottneros Park
Small roses in the park at Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde , Stockholm since 1912
Nose roses in marble, Gothenburg Art Museum
Bronze rose roses , Waldemarsudde, Stockholm
Close rose detail, Gothenburg Art Museum; Chain and padlock on the left
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lennart Wärn: Petter (Per) Hasselberg, Skulptör. In: Svenskt Biografiskt Lexicon. ( sok.riksarkivet.se ).
- ↑ Ulf Torell: Per Hasselberg: den nakna sensualismens skulptör ( Swedish ). Ronneby hembygdsförening, Ronneby, 2007, ISBN 978-91-975092-3-7 , pp. 14-25, 226, 283.
- ↑ Ulf Torell: Per Hasselberg: den nakna sensualismens skulptör ( Swedish ). Ronneby hembygdsförening, Ronneby, 2007, ISBN 978-91-975092-3-7 , pp. 271-286.
- ↑ Historical currency converter, by Rodney Edvinsson, associate professor, Stockholm University .
- ↑ Lennart Wärn: Petter (Per) Hasselberg, Skulptör , Svenskt Biografiskt lexicon, Riksarkivet .
- ^ Lennart Waern: Natursymboliken hos Per Hasselberg. in: Tidskrift för Konventenskap, 29, Uppsala 1952, pp. 71–91, here pp. 72–73.
- ↑ Jessica Sjöholm Skrubbe: Gränsfall: estetik och obcenitet i Per Hasselbergs sculpturer. In: Annika Gunnarsson, et al (Ed): Per Hasselberg: Waldemarsuddes utställningskatalog . Arena / Åmells Artbooks Prins Eugens Waldemarsudde, Malmö Stockholm, 2010, ISBN 978-91-7843-325-4 , pp. 63–81, here p. 67.
- ↑ Ulf Torell: Per Hasselberg: den nakna sensualismens skulptör ( Swedish ). Ronneby hembygdsförening, Ronneby, 2007, ISBN 978-91-975092-3-7 , pp. 143-145.
- ↑ Annika Gunnarsson et al. (Ed.): Per Hasselberg: Waldemarsuddes utställningskatalog . Arena / Åmells Artbooks, Malmö / Stockholm 2010, ISBN 978-91-7843-325-4 , p. 114 and 120 (Swedish).
- ↑ Ulf Torell: Per Hasselberg: den nakna sensualismens skulptör ( Swedish ). Ronneby hembygdsförening, Ronneby, 2007, ISBN 978-91-975092-3-7 , p. 174.
- ^ Lennart Waern: Natursymboliken hos Per Hasselberg. In: Tidskrift för Konventenskap, 29, Uppsala 1952, pp. 71–91, there pp. 85–86.
- ^ Sculpture, website of the city of Ulricehamn , accessed on December 17, 2019.
- ↑ Ulf Torell: Per Hasselberg: den nakna sensualismens skulptör ( Swedish ). Ronneby hembygdsförening, Ronneby, 2007, ISBN 978-91-975092-3-7 , pp. 241-247.
- ↑ Planteringen i Kronbergs minne , Föreningen Kultur och Miljö i Falun
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hasselberg, Per |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Åkesson, Karl Petter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swedish sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 1, 1850 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hasselstad near Ronneby (Sweden) |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 25, 1894 |
| Place of death | Stockholm |