page_title: Astri Taube
section_title: Works
hierarchical_section_title: Astri Taube / Works
caption_attribution_description: Svenska: Skulptur och fontän (1946) vid Ulleråkers sjukhus i Uppsala
context_page_description: Astrid "Astri" Linnéa Matilda Taube, née Bergman was a Swedish sculptor and artist known for her child portraits and sculptures in public venues.
  She was married to the songwriter Evert Taube.
context_section_description: As a portrait sculptor, Taube had "virtuoso skill", portraying children, clowns, and her husband Evert.  One of her sculptures of Evert stands on the island of Riddarholmen.
  Taube created tin candlesticks, seal stamps, paperweights, cigarette boxes, and inkwells.
  Besides sculpting, Taube drew and created color lithographs.
  During her marriage, Taube concentrated on being a helper and muse to her husband, to the detriment of her artistic career. At age 78, she was able to return to being a full-time artist until her death at age 82.
  The Lisebergsapplåden award, presented annually by the Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg to someone who has made Sweden a happier place, is a bronze sculpture of two clapping hands created by Taube in 1978.
caption: Sculpture and fountain at Ulleråkers Hospital in Uppsala, 1946.
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