Otto Strandman | 1871 - 1960
Otto Strandman received his education at the Slöjdföreningens school in Gothenburg and the Art Academy in Stockholm 1891–1895, and then in Germany, Italy and Paris in 1899. He won the King's Medal in 1895. In 1907 he worked as an extra teacher at the Technical University in Stockholm mot and in 1915 he became a member of the Academy of Fine Arts. Mostly he became known as a skilled sculptor. He made portrait busts as Queen Josefina (1906) and in memory of Oscar I. He created reliefs, as well as many small sculptures and art-industrial objects such as electric lamps, hand mirrors, goblets and jewelry in precious metals. He has also painted in oil and watercolor, portraits, animal studies, landscapes and floral still lifes. In 1914 he showed all his sculptures, paintings and drawings in Stockholm. His bust of Gustav II Adolf in Umeå was unveiled by Crown Prince Gustaf Adolf in 1924.
Strandman is represented in several museums, including Trelleborg Museum, Norrköping Art Museum and Västerås Art Museum, as well as in the Royal Library and the National Museum
Gustav II Adolf's relief on the chapel in Lützen
Vesslan, bronze, 1912, Kungsholmstorg in Stockholm
Art criticism in front of Malmö city library
Bust of Gustav II Adolf in Umeå, 1924
Diana with hind, bronze, 1944, Pokalvägen 3 on Reimersholme in Stockholm
