Carl Gustaf Qvarnström (23 March 1810, Stockholm - 5 March 1867, Stockholm) was a Swedish sculptor and painter.

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His father, , was a chamber servant (kammartjänare) for Princess Sofia Albertina. At the age of eleven, he entered the

Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts The Royal Swedish Academy of Fine Arts ( sv, Kungliga Akademien för de fria konsterna), commonly called the Royal Academy, is located in Stockholm, Sweden. An independent organization that promotes the development of painting, sculpture, archite ...

preparatory school and won his first award when he was twelve. Some chalk portraits he did of the Royal Family led to his receiving financial support. By the age of fourteen, he was presenting drawings at the Academy's exhibitions after studying at the modeling school, under the direction of Gustaf Erik Hasselgren and

Fredric Westin Fredric Westin (22 September 1782, in Stockholm – 13 May 1862, in Stockholm) was a Swedish history and portrait painter. Biography He studied with Lorens Pasch the Younger and Louis Masreliez at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts.Johan Niclas Byström, came home from Italy in 1829, he became his student and largely abandoned painting. Thanks to an academic fellowship, he was able to go to Italy himself in 1836 and stayed for six years; mostly in Rome. He returned home in 1842 and became a member of the Academy; rising to the position of Vice-Professor in 1852. The following year, he became a full Professor and Director of the Academic Education Agency. During this period, he made study trips to Paris and Munich. His works were influenced by

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Bertel Thorvaldsen Bertel Thorvaldsen (; 19 November 1770 – 24 March 1844) was a Danish and Icelandic sculptor medalist of international fame, who spent most of his life (1797–1838) in Italy. Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a working-class Dani ...

, and generally reflected contemporary tastes. As a teacher, he was highly regarded and, in 1857, helped establish the Academy's landscape painting school. Among his best known sculptures are those of

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Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson Engelbrekt Engelbrektsson (1390s – 27 April/4 May 1436) was a Swedish nobleman, rebel leader and military boss of German ancestry. He was the leader of the Engelbrekt rebellion in 1434 against Eric of Pomerania, king of the Kalmar Union. Eng ...

. His sketches and plaster models may be seen at the

Nationalmuseum Nationalmuseum (or National Museum of Fine Arts) is the national gallery of Sweden, located on the peninsula Blasieholmen in central Stockholm. The museum's operations stretches far beyond the borders of Blasieholmen, the nationalmuseum manage ...

, , Museum of Sketches for Public Art, and the .

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