Sven Scholander (1860â€"1936) was a Swedish singer, musician, composer
and sculptor. His musical innovations led to a revival in Swedish lute
playing while his solo performances of Carl Michael Bellman
reintroduced the works in their original form.Born into a large and
musical family, Scholander was the son of Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander,
an architect whose avocations included painting, poetry and singing to
his own guitar accompaniment.After studying music and art in Sweden
and abroad, Sven Scholander began working in the late 1880s as an
architectural sculptor and art teacher. In the former capacity he
helped with the restoration of Bernard Foucquet’s Enleveringsgruppen
(Abduction group), depicting Romulus and Hersilia and other instances
of bride kidnapping in ancient mythology. The statues, on the southern
façade of Stockholm Palace, were not cast in bronze until 1897,
nearly two centuries after Foucquet had created the molds.In addition
to his artistic pursuits Scholander was a businessman, who opened a
retail outlet for the Hasselblad Company in 1895, where he sold
cameras and photographic equipment. He was also active in the
publishing industry and in 1915 became the managing director of the AB
Nordiska Musikförlaget.
and sculptor. His musical innovations led to a revival in Swedish lute
playing while his solo performances of Carl Michael Bellman
reintroduced the works in their original form.Born into a large and
musical family, Scholander was the son of Fredrik Wilhelm Scholander,
an architect whose avocations included painting, poetry and singing to
his own guitar accompaniment.After studying music and art in Sweden
and abroad, Sven Scholander began working in the late 1880s as an
architectural sculptor and art teacher. In the former capacity he
helped with the restoration of Bernard Foucquet’s Enleveringsgruppen
(Abduction group), depicting Romulus and Hersilia and other instances
of bride kidnapping in ancient mythology. The statues, on the southern
façade of Stockholm Palace, were not cast in bronze until 1897,
nearly two centuries after Foucquet had created the molds.In addition
to his artistic pursuits Scholander was a businessman, who opened a
retail outlet for the Hasselblad Company in 1895, where he sold
cameras and photographic equipment. He was also active in the
publishing industry and in 1915 became the managing director of the AB
Nordiska Musikförlaget.
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