Gustav Vigeland
Norwegian sculptor of the Vigeland installation and Nobel Peace Prize medal
Anders Beer Wilse (1865–1949) · via Wikipedia: Gustav Vigeland · Public domain
Gustav Vigeland was a Norwegian sculptor born Adolf Gustav Thorsen on 11 April 1869.[1][2] The Nobel Peace Prize medal was designed by him.[3]
Quick Facts
- Birth name
- Adolf Gustav Thorsen
- Born
- 11 April 1869
- Died
- 12 March 1943
- Known for
- Sculpture
Facts from the source article.
Life and work
Vigeland was born to cabinetmaker Elisæus Thorsen and Anne Aanensdatter in southern Norway.[4][2] He changed his surname to Vigeland around 1889, taking the name of the farm where his maternal grandfather lived.[2] As a youth he learned wood carving in Oslo, but his father's death forced him to return to Mandal to help his family.[4] After a dispute with the city of Oslo in 1921, he was granted a new studio in exchange for donating all his subsequent works to the city.[5]
He moved into that studio in 1924 and devoted the next twenty years to the Vigeland installation in Frogner Park.[6] Vigeland died suddenly of heart failure in 1943.[2] Following Norway's independence in 1905, Vigeland was commissioned to create statues of famous countrymen such as Henrik Ibsen and Niels Henrik Abel.[7]
What the cited sources add
It also states that he designed the iron gates, architecture, and the 320-acre park landscape in addition to the sculptures.[2] Wikborg also notes that Vigeland reacted sharply against a mass meeting in the sculpture park in September 1942.[8]
References
- Wikipedia, "Gustav Vigeland" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Gustav Vigeland – utdypning (Store norske leksikon)", Snl.no; "Gustav Vigeland (kulturnett.no)" (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
- "Gustav Vigeland – utdypning (Store norske leksikon)", Snl.no. facts only, no text reused. snl.no
- Wikipedia, "Gustav Vigeland" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The Nobel Peace Prize Medal, nobelprize.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Gustav Vigeland" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Famous Norwegians Gustav Vigeland", www.gonorway.no (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Gustav Vigeland" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943) (Gustav Vigeland Sculpture) (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Gustav Vigeland" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Vigeland's Sculpture Park (Gustav Vigeland’s Sculpture Park in Oslo, Norway) (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikipedia, "Gustav Vigeland" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "As seen by Gustav Vigeland (The Vigeland Museum)", Vigeland.museum.no, 2006-02-09 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
- Wikborg, "Uholdbar brunmaling av Gustav Vigeland", Aftenposten, 25 April 2019. facts only, no text reused. aftenposten.no
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