European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse F 80 acres of Gustav Vigeland a work sculptor Sparky Ron Jensen staff writer the eyes Are Stone cold but full of fear. The slump of the shoulders shows that her s has been a hard life. And now that it is nearing the end she is frightened. Turn and you find the wonders of childhood smiles Cross the faces of four Young girls kneeling and holding each other in Friendship. All around is life its Joy and its sorrow. Fathers loss laughing babies in the air. Lovers hold each other in a gentle embrace. There is an old Man in need of Comfort and Over there is a frightened child. The actors in this melodrama do not move. They Are Granite or Bronze yet in their motionless nude forms Are seen both the accumulated Wisdom of age and the naive expectations of youth. Quot i was a sculptor before i was born Quot wrote the Man who conceived them Gustav Vigeland 18691943. Vigeland Park is the showcase for his life s work the Home of 192 statues featuring More than 600 figures he created for the City of Oslo Norway. Quot he did t Cut the statues himself. He Only modelled them Quot explains Ingrid Reed Thomsen the assistant director of the Vigeland museum which is across the Street from the Park. Vigeland spent More than three decades designing the Park preparing the models and overseeing much of the final work. The 80-acre result is striking. Stripes Magazine March 22, 1990
