Döderhultarn Museum

The Döderhultarn Museum (Swedish: Döderhultarmuseet) is a museum in Oskarshamn, Sweden that exhibits the carved works of Axel Petersson Döderhultarn.

Döderhultarn Museum
Döderhultarmuseet
Established1911
LocationOskarshamn, Sweden, Europe
Visitors25 000

General information

Axel Petersson "Döderhultarn" (1868–1925) was a Swedish woodcarver. In the Döderhultarn Museum there is a collection of his work, with more than 200 wooden sculptures. The museum is located to the same building as the library in the central parts of Swedish town Oskarshamn.[1]

  • Häradsrätten. Trial at the District Court.
    Häradsrätten. Trial at the District Court.
  • Beväringsmönstring. Signing for the army.
    Beväringsmönstring. Signing for the army.
  • Portrait of woodcarver Axel Peterson in 1936.
    Portrait of woodcarver Axel Peterson in 1936.

See also

References
  1. "Axel R Petersson". Svenskt biografiskt lexikon. Retrieved September 1, 2019.

Other sources
  • Refsal, Harley (2015) Carving Flat-Plane Style Caricatures (Fox Chapel Publishing) ISBN 978-1-56523-858-9
  • Refsal, Harley (2015) Scandinavian Figure Carving (Fox Chapel Publishing) ISBN 978-1565238756
  • Refsal, Harley (2004) Art & Technique of Scandinavian-Style Woodcarving (Fox Chapel Publishing) ISBN 978-1565232303

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