Thorwald Alef | 1896 - 1974
Thorwald Alef grew up in Jönköping and was educated at Althin's painting school 1917–19 and at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Stockholm 1919–22. He debuted as a painter in 1924 as an early modernist. He later turned to sculpture. He collaborated with Estrid Ericson at Svenskt Tenn, among others. Thorwald is represented at the National Museum in Stockholm.
The Gardener, the Herb Garden in Vadstena
Portrait bust of Ragnar Östberg, bronze, 1971, Stadshusparken in Stockholm
Musica, 1946, placed in 1979, at the Wennergren Center in Stockholm
Base for sundial, with sculpture by Per Brahe d.y., granite, 1948, Braheparken in Gränna
The Småland girls, bronze, 1951, Braheparken in Jönköping
Sunbathing girls, Ekeberg marble, 1956, Falkenberg
Playing girl, bronze, 1959, Tallbacken in Timrå
The gardener, the herb garden in Vadstena
Sun, artificial stone, 1954, Karusellvägen/tivolivägen in Västberga in Stockholm
