Biographies

Peter David Edstrom (1873 – 1938) He was born in Hvetlanda, Sweden. He came to the United States with his parents in 1880. He studied sculpture with Johannes Scheiwe in Ottumwa, Iowa. He returned to Sweden to study at the Royal Academy. He settled in Los Angeles thereafter and worked mostly on portrait commissions. His “strong purposeful sculpture” was praised in for July 28th 1910 . His autobiography, , is a self-congratulatory, misogynistic piece of work–as he was himself. But he could sculpt. The New Age NA 7.13:307 The Testament of Caliban