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The History of the Museum
Carl Eldh Studio Museum opened to the public in 1963, nine years
after the artist's death. The building and its content has remained
largely untouched since Carl Eldh himself lived and worked in
the studio. Sketches in plaster and clay stand next to large
plaster casts, as in the days of Eldh.
The museum exhibits works of art from every period of Carl Eldh's
life, covering his rich and varied production. The two studio rooms
are filled with statuettes, portrait busts and sculpture groups,
as well as preliminary sketches to the many monuments he created.
Most sculptures are in plaster, a smaller number of artworks are
made in stone and bronze.
Carl Eldh's unassuming personality is reflected in the museum,
where the fragile plaster of the sculptures together with the
simple décor help to create the special atmosphere of the
studio. This well-preserved museum has few counterparts in Europe,
and therefore provides a unique insight into the life and work
of an artist during the first half of the 20th century.
The museum is run by Carl and Elise Eldh Studio Foundation, founded
by their daughter Brita Eldh. Brita and her mother had been living
in the USA since the 1920´s, and both of them returned to
Sweden on the death of Carl Eldh in 1954. Brita then became the
driving force in turning the studio into a museum.
In 1958, following Elise Eldh's death, Brita Eldh had the studio
extended so that she could both work and live there. The museum
opened in 1963 and Brita ran it on her own for a couple of decades.
In the beginning of the 1990´s however, Brita's age and fading
health put a halt to this. The guided tours stopped, and the museum
closed. In 1995 the museum finally reopened under the charge of
a new board and a new curator, Åsa Cavalli-Björkman.
Before reopening, the building was renovated and carefully modernised.
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Closed until further notice, due to road construction,
see Current
Visiting address
Lögebodavägen 10,
Bellevueparken, Stockholm.
Postal address
Carl Eldhs Ateljémuseum
Lögebodavägen 10
113 47 STOCKHOLM
Phone
+46-(0)8-612 65 60
Website and e-mail
www.eldhsatelje.se
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