Knut Steen

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Knut Steen (2007)
Knut Steen and in the background (left) the controversial sculpture by Olav V. (2007)

Knut Johannes Steen (born November 19, 1924 in Oslo ; † September 22, 2011 ) was a Norwegian sculptor .

Life

Steen was trained by Per Palle Storm and Stinius Fredriksen at the Oslo State Art Academy . Because of a tuberculosis disease, Steen only had one functional lung. During the Second World War he therefore worked as a porter in the Oslo Accident Hospital. Steen lived in Carrara ( Italy ) since 1973 . His autobiography is titled From Garbage to Marble .

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Steen essentially worked marble . His sculpture of the Norwegian King Olav V is internationally known . The work commissioned by the Oslo mayor was originally intended to be placed in front of the city hall. However, this was prevented by Norwegian politicians on the official justification “that the work was too monumental”. The statue shows the king, extremely popular with the Norwegian people, in military uniform and with a dictatorial pose. The art historian Tommy Sørbø interpreted the eight-meter-high work as “the crossroads of Dagobert Duck and Kim Il Sung ”. The statue is now in Gulen, Norway .

In Sandefjord there is a whaling monument by Steen as a rotating fountain.

His sculpture Oppgangssaga is in a waterfall on the Begna river near Hønefoss .

Web links

Commons : Knut Steen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Billedhogger Knut Steen er død | aftenposten.no. In: aftenposten.no. Retrieved September 23, 2011 (Norwegian).
  2. ↑ Oslo city parliament stops monument to King Olav , in Die Welt , December 29, 2006
  3. ↑ Wrong pose  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in Art , Edition 2/2007@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.art-magazin.de  
  4. ↑ a b Keel A, Des Königs stillbild - Strange tradition maintenance of a Norwegian sculptor  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in Neue Zürcher Zeitung , from November 4, 2005@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.nzz.ch  
  5. ↑ norwegen-freunde.de, Vestfold , accessed on January 12, 2007
  6. ↑ reuber-norwegen.de , accessed on January 12, 2007
personal data
SURNAME Steen, Knut
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Steen, Knut Johannes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Norwegian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Oslo
DATE OF DEATH September 22, 2011