▁following ▁year , ▁he ▁participated ▁in ▁another ▁exhibition , ▁in ▁Sweden , ▁at ▁the ▁" ". ▁This ▁time , ▁his ▁b ust s ▁received ▁some ▁positive ▁critical ▁attention ▁and ▁he ▁received ▁numerous ▁orders ; ▁including ▁one ▁from ▁King ▁Oscar ▁II . ▁ ▁Following ▁that , ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Italy , ▁where ▁he ▁spent ▁several ▁years ▁in ▁Florence , ▁then ▁re located ▁to ▁C open hagen . ▁From ▁ 1 8 8 3 ▁to ▁ 1 8 8 5 , ▁he ▁received ▁several ▁orders ▁from ▁the ▁Dan ish ▁Royal ▁Family . ▁Ar ound ▁ 1 8 9 0 , ▁he ▁moved ▁to ▁Goth enburg , ▁where ▁he ▁continued ▁to ▁attract ▁orders . ▁One ▁was ▁for ▁a ▁b ust ▁of ▁the ▁merchant , ▁, ▁who ▁became ▁a ▁major ▁patron . ▁He ▁soon ▁became ▁an ▁ind isp ens able ▁feature ▁of ▁the ▁cultural ▁life ▁of ▁Goth enburg ; ▁advoc ating ▁for ▁re forms ▁in ▁art ▁education , ▁the ▁establishment ▁of ▁exhib itions , ▁and ▁financial ▁support ▁for ▁struggling ▁artists . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 7 , ▁he ▁was ▁named ▁a ▁member ▁of ▁the ▁Swedish ▁Academy . ▁ ▁His ▁last ▁sculpt ure , ▁and ▁only ▁major ▁work , ▁was ▁a ▁statue ▁of ▁the ▁invent or , ▁John ▁Eric sson , ▁which ▁he ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 8 9 9 . ▁Short ly ▁after , ▁he ▁was ▁admitted ▁to ▁the ▁hospital ▁at ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Lund , ▁where ▁he ▁was ▁diagn osed ▁with ▁ne uras then ia ; ▁most ▁likely ▁de pression , ▁resulting ▁from ▁extreme ▁fat