Editing Gustav Vigeland (section)

==Vigeland installation==
[[File:NOR-2016-Frogner Park-Vigeland Installation-The Monolith.jpg|thumb|The Monolith, [[Frogner Park#Vigeland installation .E2.80.93 the sculptures in Frogner Park|Vigeland installation]] in [[Frogner Park]], [[Oslo]]]]
Gustav Vigeland is most widely known for the [[Frogner Park#Vigeland installation .E2.80.93 the sculptures in Frogner Park|Vigeland installation]], a permanent sculpture installation in [[Frogner Park]] in Oslo.

In 1921 the City of Oslo decided to demolish the house where Vigeland lived and build a [[library]]. After a long dispute, Vigeland was granted a new building from the city where he could work and live; in exchange, he promised to donate to the city all his subsequent works, including sculptures, drawings, engravings and models.<ref>[http://www.reckonings.net/photos/vigelandphotos/index.html ''Gustav Vigeland (1869-1943)'' (Gustav Vigeland Sculpture)] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616002218/http://www.reckonings.net/photos/vigelandphotos/index.html |date=June 16, 2012 }}</ref>

Vigeland moved to his new studio on Nobels gate in the borough of [[Frogner]] during 1924. His studio was located in the vicinity of [[Frogner Park]], which he had chosen as the definitive location for his fountain. Over the following twenty years, Vigeland was devoted to the project of an open exhibition of his works, which later turned into what is known as [[Frogner Park#Vigeland installation .E2.80.93 the sculptures in Frogner Park|Vigeland Sculpture Arrangement]] (''Vigelandsanlegget'') in Frogner Park. The Vigeland installation features 212 bronze and granite sculptures all designed by Gustav Vigeland. The sculptures culminate in the famous Monolith (''Monolitten''), with its 121 figures struggling to reach the top of the sculpture.<ref>[http://members.cox.net/c.kau/Vigeland/ ''Vigeland's Sculpture Park'' (Gustav Vigeland’s Sculpture Park in Oslo, Norway)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100520003446/http://members.cox.net/c.kau/Vigeland/ |date=2010-05-20 }}</ref>