Finnish sculptor
Walter Runeberg
Portrait photograph of Walter Runeberg, 1870–1875
Born Walter Magnus Runeberg
(1838-12-29 ) 29 December 1838Died 23 December 1920(1920-12-23) (aged 81) Nationality Finnish Known for Sculpture Movement Neo-classical Spouse
Lina Elfving
(
m. 1867; died 1916)
Walter Magnus Runeberg (Finland Swedish: [ˈrʉːnebærj] neo-classical sculptor.[ 1] Johan Ludvig Runeberg .[ 2]
Biography
Runeberg was born in Porvoo as the eldest son of J. L. Runeberg and his wife, Fredrika Tengström . He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki , and with sculptor Carl Eneas Sjöstrand .[ 1] Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen under Herman Wilhelm Bissen , acquiring a clear influence from the neoclassical style of Bissen's master Bertel Thorvaldsen .[ 1] [ 1]
With his wife Lina in Rome, 1868 Portrait by Gunnar Berndtson , 1879 After periods living and working in Rome (1862–1876) and Paris (1876–1893),[ 1] [ 3] Alexander II Monument in Senate Square , a commission awarded jointly to Runeberg and sculptor Johannes Takanen, then completed by Runeberg after Takanen's death in 1885.[ 4] Suomi-neito , the Finnish maiden , here cloaked in bearskin.[ 5]
Runeberg was also frequently commissioned for private assignments. These include the bust of Ellan de la Chapelle in Paris in 1880, who became the wife of artist Albert Edelfelt in 1888.[ 6]
From 1893 to 1896, Runeberg worked in Copenhagen , Denmark.[ 7]
Runeberg in his studio, 1910s He is buried in the Hietaniemi Cemetery in Helsinki.[ 8]
Runeberg family grave, Hietaniemi Cemetery , Helsinki
Works
Statue of Alexander II
Alexander III being shown a work-in-progress of the statue of Alexander II on 9 August 1885 at
House of Nobility
Reveal of the statue of Alexander II on 29 April 1894 at
Senate Square
The statue with its accompanying structure
The statue itself up close from the front
Alexander II from the side
Close-up from the front with
Helsinki Cathedral 's
John the Apostle in the background
Statues at the bottom, with the four sides representing Law, Trade, Peace and Labor
Law
Trade
Peace
Labor
Model for Trade, called Science and Art
Model for Law
One of the two copies of Law displayed at the
Presidential Palace (pictured in 2001)
The other copy at the
House of the Estates
Other notable works
Ilmarinen Forging the Moon, 1866
Apollo and Marsyas at the entry lobby of
Ateneum , 1874
1885 reveal of the statue of
Johan Ludvig Runeberg , his father
Johan Ludvig Runeberg, with the Finnish national anthem
Vårt land by him inscribed at the bottom
[ 9]
Slightly larger version of the same Per Brahe statue in
Raahe from the same year
Henrik Borgström monument,
Taka-Töölö district of Helsinki, 1888
Two bronze
Danaids in the
Meilahti neighborhood of Helsinki, 1893
Allegorical figures on the exterior of the rotunda,
National Library of Finland , with fellow sculptor
Karl Magnus Mellgren [fi ] , 1905
Kleobis and Biton on the facade of the Old Student House, Helsinki , 1878[ 10]
See also
References
International National Artists
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