Per Ung
Per Ung | |
---|---|
Born | Oslo, Norway | 5 June 1933
Died | 20 June 2013 Oslo, Norway | (aged 80)
Nationality | Norwegian |
Alma mater | |
Occupation | Sculptor |
Parents |
|
Awards | Order of St. Olav (2007) |
Per Ung (5 June 1933 – 20 June 2013) was a Norwegian sculptor and graphic artist. [1]
Biography
Ung was born in Oslo, Norway. He was the son of Per Ohlsen (1907–85) and Randi Tangen (1905-89). He was schooled in the conservative sculptural tradition but gradually distanced himself from formal and substantive traditionalism. He received his sculptor education under the influential of
Ung made a number of public portrait statues and monuments, most of them on private assignments. His first large public commission was the statue of actress
Ung was member and served as chairman of the Norwegian Association of Sculptors (Norsk Billedhuggerforening), was a member of the Young Artists Society (Unge Kunstneres Samfund) and served on the Board of Supervisors of Kunstnernes Hus in Oslo from 1967-69. He was granted the A. C. Houens legat in 1953, Conrad Mohrs legat in 1958 and 1964, Moltzaus legat in 1957 and Lorch-Schives legat in 1960. He received the Ingeborg og Per Palle Storms ærespris in 1995. In 2007, he was appointed Knight 1st Class in the Order of St. Olav.[1]
Personal life
He was married in 1953 to Valerie Lyndall Dick, marriage dissolved 1987. He was married in 1987 with sculptor Elena Engelsen-Wisse, daughter of woodcarver and illustrator Henning Engelsen (1918–2005). Per Ung died of cancer in Oslo during 2013 at the age of 80.[5]
Selected works
- Korsfestet (bronze. 1970) Tasta Church, Stavanger
- Kvinne og måker (bronze. 1974) Etterstad videregående skole, Oslo
- Eros og Psyke (bronze. 1982) Veterinærhøgskolen, Oslo
- Fiskerkone (bronze. 1999) Svolvær
- Otto Sverdrup (bronze. 1999) Sandvika, Bærum
- Fru Fortuna (bronze. 2005) Europarådets plass, Oslo
See also
References
- ^ a b Erik Mørstad. "Per Ung". Norsk kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 1 March 2018.
- ^ "Per Palle Storm". lokalhistoriewiki.no. Retrieved 1 October 2010.
- Store norske leksikon(in Norwegian). Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- ^ Kokkin, Jan (2005). "Per Ung". In Helle, Knut (ed.). Norsk biografisk leksikon (in Norwegian). Vol. 10. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget. Retrieved 14 April 2009.
- ^ "Norges fremste billedhugger er død". Aftenposten (in Norwegian). 21 June 2013.