The bronze bust of swedish composer Franz Berwald (1796-1868) in the G\u00f6taplatsen foyer was created by Carl Eldh. In addition to his career as a composer, Berwald was also a violinist and orthopaedist. He composed several symphonies, violin and piano concertos, and chamber music pieces. When Gothenburg Concert Hall was inaugurated in 1935, his third symphony, “Sinfonie Singuli\u00e8re”, was featured on the programme.<\/p>\n
During his lifetime, Berwald’s music did not gain significant recognition in Sweden. Between 1846 and 1849, he lived in cities such as Vienna, Paris, and Salzburg, where his music was received more positively than back home.<\/p>\n
Berwald died at the age of 72 in Stockholm, where his estate lacked the funds to afford a coffin. His musical contributions were only truly acknowledged in Sweden after his death. In 1976, the new concert hall of Sveriges Radio was named Berwaldhallen in his honour.<\/p>\n
Carl Eldh was one of Sweden\u2019s most prominent sculptors in the early 20th century. He primarily worked in a realistic style, and his most notable works consist of portraits, nudes, and monuments. Eldh portrayed figures such as Fr\u00f6ding and Hjalmar Branting, and created the Strindberg Monument in Tegn\u00e9rlunden in Stockholm. He studied at the Technical Evening School in Stockholm and the Acad\u00e9mie Colarossi in Paris.<\/p>\n
Today, Eldh\u2019s former studio in Stockholm is a museum, housing nearly five hundred of the artist\u2019s plaster casts and works, as well as new exhibitions, tours, and programs. Eldh is also represented in most major museums in Sweden and at Glyptoteket in Copenhagen.<\/p>\n
62 x 31 x 30 cm (hxdxb).\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n \u00a9 Carl Eldh \/BUS 2009<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The bronze bust of swedish composer Franz Berwald (1796-1868) in the G\u00f6taplatsen foyer was created by Carl Eldh. In addition to his career as a composer, Berwald was also a violinist and orthopaedist. He composed several symphonies, violin and piano concertos, and chamber music pieces. When Gothenburg Concert Hall was inaugurated in 1935, his third<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":3825,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/standard-small-image.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-104636","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-15 14:42:57","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"translation_priority"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104636","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104636"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104636\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":104777,"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/104636\/revisions\/104777"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gso.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104636"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}