Johan Niclas Byström (December 18, 1783 – 1848) was a Swedish

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. Byström was born at

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and went to Stockholm at the age of twenty, studying there for three years under

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. In 1809 he gained the prize of the

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, and in the following year visited

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. He sent home a beautiful work, "The Reclining Bacchante," in half life size, which raised him at once to the first rank among Swedish sculptors. On his return to Stockholm in 1816, he presented the crown prince (the later king

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) with a colossal statue of himself, and was entrusted with several important works. Although he was appointed professor of sculpture at the

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, he soon returned to Italy, and with the exception of the years from 1838 to 1844 continued to reside there. He died in Rome in 1848. Among Byström's numerous productions the best are his representations of the female form, such as Hebe,

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(''infra''), and ''Girl Entering the Bath''. His colossal statues of the Swedish kings are also much admired.

Gallery

Image:Carolina Rediviva Linnaeus statue.jpg, Byström's seated statue of

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. Image:Statue female with baby, Royal Palace, Stockholm.jpg,

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, Royal Palace, Stockholm File:Young woman with flowers wreath in her hair, by Johan Niklas Byström. Marble. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.jpg, Young woman with flowers wreath in her hair, by Johan Niklas Byström. Marble. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden File:Carl Johan Adlercreutz, count, officer, and statesman, by Johan Niklas Bystroms. Marble. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden.jpg, Carl Johan Adlercreutz, count, officer, and statesman, by Johan Niklas Bystroms. Marble. Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, Sweden

References

1783 births 1848 deaths Swedish male sculptors {{Sweden-sculptor-stub