John Munsterhjelm
John Munsterhjelm | |
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Born | Johan Hjalmar Munsterhjelm 11 December 1879 |
Died | 16 August 1925 | (aged 45)
Nationality | Finnish |
Known for | Sculpting |
Johan Hjalmar (John) Munsterhjelm (December 11, 1879 Tuulos[1] – 16 August 1925 Helsinki) was a Finnish sculptor.[2][3]
Biography[]
He was born to painter Magnus Hjalmar Munsterhjelm and Olga Mathilda Tanninen in Tuulos. He first aimed to become an architect while studying at Helsinki Polytechnical Institute, but he became more interested in applied arts. He studied at a kunstgewerbeschule in Berlin 1902–1903. He went onto further study at the Royal School of Art in Berlin.[3] He ended up living in Berlin until 1911 while also making study tours in Scandinavia, Belgium, France and Italy. In 1909 he married German Hedvig Schneider.[3] The same year he sculpted a bust of Jean Sibelius.[4] He made decorative figurines out of bronze and granite, sculpted a city hall facade in Vaasa (showing Charles IX and the double portrait of the national rulers, Pehr Evind Svinhufvud and Gustaf Mannerheim), a large number of portrait busts of prominent persons and medallions.[1][3] He acted as the vice president of from 1913 to 1915.[3]
He died following complications from appendix surgery in 1925. Being German-influenced and slightly foreign to Finland's sculpting circles at the time, he never developed a substantial reputation in Finland.[3]
Works[]
Portrait of Jean Sibelius, Bust, 1909
Lakes of Finland, allegorical portrayal of the waters of Finland, 1911[5]
The Ox in Vyborg, 1915
Memorial at Joensuu cemetery to those fallen in the Finnish Civil War, 1920
Relief of Svinhufvud and Mannerheim on the left side of the front facade of the , 1924
Relief of Charles IX on the right side, 1924
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Various (1925). Nordisk familjebok. pp. 631–632. Retrieved June 8, 2014.
- ^ Bullock, Philip Ross (editor) (2011). The Correspondence of Jean Sibelius and Rosa Newmarch, 1906-1939. Boydell & Brewer Ltd. p. 57. ISBN 978-1843836834. Retrieved June 8, 2014.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Reitala, Aimo. "Munsterhjelm, John (1879 - 1925)". Kansallisbiografia. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
- ^ Jones, Evan Allan (editor) (2009). Intimate Voices: Debussy to Villa-Lobos. The string quartets of Debussy and Ravel. University Rochester Press. p. 27. ISBN 978-1580463409. Retrieved June 8, 2014.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
- ^ "Suomen järvet". Tampere. Retrieved June 28, 2020.
- ^ "Vapaudenpatsas takaisin kotipaikalleen". Yle. June 22, 2010. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
- 1879 births
- 1925 deaths
- 20th-century Finnish sculptors