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Vigeland Park. Chronology; The Monolith; The Bridge; The Fountain; The Wheel of Life; The Wrought Iron Art; Visitor information. Guided tours; Educational Workshops; Drawing in the museum; Events. Previous events; The collection. About the collection; Search the collection; Permanent exhibition; The Artist's House; Gustav Vigeland. Chronology ...
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The Vigeland Museum is located in Nobels gate 32, Oslo, near...
- Visitor information
The Vigeland Museum is a building listed as a protected...
- Collection
The Vigeland Museum's collection comprises 1 600 sculptures,...
- Gustav Vigeland
Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943) is Norway's most famous...
- Vigeland Park
Vigeland Park. The park is always open - see visitor...
- The Museum
The Vigeland Museum opened in 1947 and is Gustav Vigeland's...
- Chronology
The studio in Frogner opened as a museum. The collection...
- The Monolith
The sculpture depicts 121 human figures clinging and...
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Vigeland Park. The park is always open - see visitor information. The sculpture park is Gustav Vigeland's life work, comprising over 200 sculptures in granite, bronze and wrought iron. It was installed mainly in the period 1940-1949, but is nevertheless a result of over 40 years of work.
The Vigeland Museum ( Norwegian: Vigelandmuseet) is a museum dedicated to Gustav Vigeland in Frogner, Oslo. It is located outside Frogner Park, which includes the Vigeland installation with sculptures by Gustav Vigeland. The museum is part of Oslo municipality's cultural department.
The Vigeland Museum opened in 1947 and is Gustav Vigeland's former studio and residence. Today, the museum shows a permanent exhibition presenting Vigeland's art, and temporary exhibitions with three-dimensional art. The building, which is one of Norway's foremost examples of neoclassical architecture, is designed by architect Lorentz Ree.
The Vigeland Museum's collection comprises 1 600 sculptures, 12 000 drawings and 400 woodcuts, in addition to pastels, wrought iron works and wood carving works. The collection is the result of an agreement Gustav Vigeland made with the City of Oslo in 1919.
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The studio in Frogner opened as a museum. The collection contains around 1,600 sculptures, 12,000 drawings and 420 woodcuts. In addition the museum manages several thousand letters, notebooks, photographs and about 5,000 books.
Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943) is Norway's most famous sculptor. He made his debut at the Autumn Exhibition in 1889, and in the 1890s he established himself as Norway's most promising sculptor. In the early 1900s, he made several critically acclaimed portraits and monuments, of which the Abel monument in the Palace Park, Oslo, is considered his ...