"Fun" facts about Törnström

• Born 18 of April 1744, died 2nd of February (we think) 1828.
• Had 10 children, two wives. (we think.)
• Was not satisfied with his pay and had several arguments with Chapman where he threatened to quit working for him.
• Wanted to go to Italy but never went there. In fact, he never got out of Sweden. We think.
• Excerpt from article: "I remember specifically this one time when my economy was completely devastating. Then I just took up a big poster and wrote with big letters 'For Sale and Leaving For England'. I put it up on my door, not far away from Chapman's own house. I knew that if I did it as loudly as I could, he would want to know what I'm up to. He was well known for always having his binoculars at hand, and this was true for this time as well. From his window he could read about my departure for England and if there's one thing he didn't want, it was having me leave for Enlgnad with my artwork. He helped me with some money that time, but I could never really trust his promises."
• He liked drawing on the walls of his workshop with coal. "It's a quirk I have, drawing on walls. As soon as I know what I want the figurehead to look like, I find an empty spot on the wall and draw it. I always draw with coal which means that when the walls have become too cluttered, I can just wash it off."
• Once Chapman wasn't satisfied with one of his figureheads and said "Someone who has such a large piece of wax can make this model in just a couple of minutes." Törnström got angry about this, clutched his wok to a ball of wax and handed it over to Chapman saying "Here you go, do it in a couple of minutes then."

- Eva.