Eric Grate - Public Works of Art

Public Works of Art

  • The Urn of the Mines district iron ore 109 cm of height (1921–22), Gothenburg. This Urn has been manufacturerd by Näfvekvarns bruk ([Näfvekvarn Iron Works) in a series and has been purchased by a number of Swedish museums
  • Faunfigur, Faun figure (1923), Hotel Liseberg, Gothenburg
  • Statues at the Norra Kungstornet Building (1925), Kungsgatan in Stockholm
  • Relief above the entrance of the Art Exhibition Building in Falun (1936)
  • Folkvisan, The Folk song (1937), Bromma High School in Stockholm, Liseberg Amusement Park in Gothenburg, Bäckängsgymnasiet in Borås
  • Årstiderna, The Seasons limestone (1937–41), Rosenbad (The Government Chancellery), Stockholm
  • Folket och tekniken, The People and the Technology, part of a relief in chamotte clay (1937), decoration for the World Exhibition in Paris 1937, Runö Training Centre, Åkersberga
  • De fyra vindarna, The Four Winds (1937–41), four reliefs at front of the extension of the City Hall of Gothenburg by Gunnar Asplund
  • Badet, The Bath and Nereid two reliefs in terracotta (1943), The City Swimming Hall of Trelleborg
  • Sommaren, The Summer or Ung man, Young Man granite 224 cm of height (1944), Lundby, Gothenburg
  • Våren, The Spring bronce 125 cm of height (1944), Härlanda, Gothenburg and Museum Park in Alingsås
  • Anadyomene (1947–52), Hudiksvall
  • Förvandlingarnas brunn, The Fountain of Transformation" granite (1943-55), the Marabou Park in Sundbyberg
  • Navigare necesse est bronze 1953, Rödaberg Primary School, Stockholm
  • Liggande kvinna, Declining Woman (ca 1954) bronze in a fountain, Västertorp Centre, Stockholm
  • Trädet, The Tree (ca 1954) bronze, Västertorp Centre, Stockholm
  • Två dansande. Two Dancers (1955), Byttorpskolan (school) in Borås
  • Vindarnas grotta, Cave of the Winds (1960-71), outside the City Hall of Västerås by Sven Ahlbom
  • Monument över Yxman, Monument over an Axe Man bronze 3,5 m of height (raised 1967), Rålambshov Park, Stockholm. A replica in a minor format is situated at Blockhusudden at Djurgården in Stockholm
  • Gudinna vid hyperboreiskt hav, Goddess by an Hyperborean Sea granite in a fountain 4 m long (1949-56), City Hall Square in Gävle.
  • Entomologiskt kvinnorov, Entomological Raping bronze (1956-58), Royal Institute of Medicine, Solna
  • Snäckfågel, Shell Bird bronce 255 cm of height (1960-61), outside Hotel Opalen, Gothenburg and the Central Square in Eslöv
  • Silvatica bronze, the Esplanade in Nässjö
  • Nike från Sant Andria, Nike from Sant Andria bronze 206 cm of height (1967-68), outside the Public Library in Norrköping
  • Sparvguden, The God of Sparrows (1972-73), Eric Grate´s Park outside the City Hall of Solna
  • Hjärtblad (1974), Cotyledones, outside the Regional Council Head Quarter Building in Kristianstad

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