When the City of Oslo demolished Gustav Vigeland’s house, they offered him a new one. In exchange, he promised all of his future artwork to the city. For the next twenty years he created 212 remarkable sculptures.
Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
The most notable of all the sculptures is his Monolith, a 14 metre high sculpture carved from a single block of granite. More than a hundred human figures piled on top of (and climbing over) each other, it’s startling and audacious.
Vigeland himself is a divisive figure. His work has been described as having a fascist aesthetic; on the other hand, he also designed the Nobel Peace Prize medal.
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