Bengt Erland Fogelberg

There he came much under the influence of the sculptor Johan Tobias Sergel, who communicated to him his own enthusiasm for antique art and natural grace.

Fogelberg worked hard at Stockholm for many years, although his instinct for severe beauty rebelled against the somewhat rococo quality of the art then prevalent in the city.

He studied from one to two years in Paris, first under Pierre-Narcisse Guérin, and afterwards under the sculptor François Joseph Bosio, for the technical practice of sculpture.

In 1820 Fogelberg realized a dream of his life in visiting Rome, where the greater part of his remaining years were spent in the assiduous practice of his art, and the careful study and analysis of the works of the past.

Visiting his native country by royal command in 1854, he was received with great enthusiasm, but nothing could compensate him for the absence of those remains of antiquity and surroundings.

Bengt Fogelberg, portrait by Johan Gustaf Sandberg