Ingebrigt Vik (5 March 1867 – 22 March 1927) was a Norwegian

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. Vik is regarded as having been one of Norway's greatest sculptors from the first part of the 20th century.

Biography

Ingebrigt Vik was born in the village of

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in the municipality of

Kvam Kvam is a municipality in Vestland county, Norway. The municipality is located along the Hardangerfjorden in the traditional district of Hardanger. The administrative centre of the municipality is the village of Norheimsund. Other larger settl ...

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county, Norway. He was the son of Hans Gunnarson Tveit (1832–1901) and Ingebjørg Torgeirsdotter Vik (1841–1902). He grew up in

and began as a wood carver in his father's factory. He trained as an artist at the

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from 1889 to 1891. After surgery for tuberculosis in his left knee, he returned home to recover. In 1903 he moved to

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and attended

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where he trained with sculptor

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. In 1906, he was assigned the Houens legat and studied in Italy. Some of Vik's best known works are in the

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, including ''Ung Pike'' (1903) ''Sittende ung pike'' (1908) and ''Ynglingen'' (1913). In the theatre gardens in

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there is his statue of the composer

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(1915) in bronze. His statue of Norwegian mathematician

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was first shown publicly at the Autumn Exhibition in Oslo in 1904. It stands today in front of Niels Henrik Abels hus at the

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. Many of his works stand in the Ingebrigt Vik Museum.

Ingebrigt Vik Museum

Ingebrigt Vik Museum is an art museum in the village of

. When Ingebrigt Vik died in 1927, he bequeathed his artistic production, totaling over one hundred sculptures, to his home district. The collection consists of work in terracotta, plaster, marble and bronze. The building was designed by the architect Torgeir Alvsaker (1875-1971) and was inaugurated in 1934. The museum is operated in conjunction with Hardanger og Voss Museum, an organization of museums in

County, Norway.

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External links

Hardanger and Voss museum website
1867 births 1927 deaths People from Kvam Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Académie Colarossi alumni Male sculptors 20th-century Norwegian sculptors 19th-century Norwegian sculptors {{Norway-sculptor-stub

Biography

Ingebrigt Vik Museum

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