Conrad Carlman was a Swedish sculptor from a family with a strong background in the royal and naval service. He was trained at the Althin Painting School in 1910 and then the Royal Academy of Fine Arts at Stockholm (1911-17). On a Jenny Lind Scholarship, he also trained while traveling Europe after World War I, in Germany, France and Italy, working on the execution of bronze fountains. He mostly worked in plaster, with some works also executed in bronze, and also in marble and granite in the neoclassical style of the 1920s. His works include the group Pastoral at the National Museum in Stockholm, a maritime monument at Älvsnabben, and a statue of General Admiral Wachtmeister in Karlskrona. He also produced the baptismal font in Förkärla Church, another maritime monument in Karlshamn, and the St. Staffan Statue of Gävle. Carlman was appointed secretary of the Association of Swedish Sculptors in 1931. The statue Diskuskastaren (Discus Thrower) was created in 1931.
Sweden