Vigeland Sculpture Park – Magnificent Obsession in Stone and Bronze

Image Credit Flickr User Victor Velez

Mention Gustav Vigeland (left) to a Norwegian artist and the eyes generally glaze over with fondness – he has a special place in many hearts in his home country and particularly in the city of Oslo.

There in 1921 the sculptor was given a building by the city from which he would work and live for over twenty painstaking years.

He left behind him a remarkable sculpture park which serves as a testament both to the artist himself and the political and cultural renaissance of Norway.