Brynjulf Bergslien
Illustration — Brynjulf Bergslien • Illustration — Statue of King Charles XIV John at Slottsplassen Brynjulf Larsen Bergslien (12 November 1830 – 19 September 1898) was a noted Norwegian sculptor.
Also recorded as Brynjulf Larsen Bergslien
Brynjulf Bergslien
Claus Peter Knudsen · Oslo Museum: image no. OB.F16136a (Byhistorisk samling), via oslobilder.no. · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Born
- 1830 · Voss Municipality.
- Died
- 1898 · Christiania.
- Nationality
- Norway
- Occupation
- sculptor · medalist · stampcutter · seal cutter
- Known for
- equestrian statue of Charles XIV John of Sweden
- Honours
- Knight of the Order of St. Olav
- Languages
- Norwegian
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Illustration — Brynjulf Bergslien • Illustration — Statue of King Charles XIV John at Slottsplassen Brynjulf Larsen Bergslien (12 November 1830 – 19 September 1898) was a noted Norwegian sculptor.
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Background
Background
The recorded working language is Norwegian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Copenhagen and Oslo. Works named in the authority record are equestrian statue of Charles XIV John of Sweden. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of St.
Bergslien was born in Voss in Søndre Bergenhus county, Norway. He was a son of Lars Bergeson Bergslien and Kirsten Knutsdotter Gjelle. He was a brother of noted painter and master artist Knud Bergslien. In 1861 he married Johanne Christine Tønnesen (1842–1930).
Career
Career
He studied under Jens Adolf Jerichau and Herman Wilhelm Bissen in Copenhagen between 1853 and 1861. In 1861 he settled in Kristiania (now Oslo) where he ran his own engraving workshop. Bergslien also operated an artist's training studio. Among his students were Sigvald Asbjornsen and Gustav Vigeland. He sculpted several prominently placed statues in Oslo, including that of King Charles John of Norway and Sweden (1875) at Slottsplassen in front of the Royal Palace. He was also noted for the statue of f Henrik Wergeland (1881) at Eidsvolls plass. Other notable statues include that of Peter Christian Asbjørnsen (1891) at St. Hanshaugen Park.
Bergslien Park
Bergslien Park
Brynjulf Bergslien and Knud Bergslien were the uncles of painter and sculptor Nils Bergslien. Monuments honoring the three famous Bergslien artists now exist in Bergslien Park located in Voss, Hordaland, Norway.
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Voss Municipality.
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Christiania.
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- 1.Carl Wille Schnitler. 414. 415.
- 2.Carl Wille Schnitler. Bergslien, Knud. 415.
- 3.Carl Wille Schnitler. Bergslien, Nils Nilsen. 415.
- 4.Glenny Alfsen: Billedhugger – Brynjulf Bergslien nbl.snl.no.
- 5.https://runeberg.org/salmonsen/2/23/0655.html
- 6.Brynjulf Larsen Bergslien arkivet.thorvaldsensmuseum.dk.
- 7.Jens Thiis. Norske malere og billedhuggere: en fremstilling af norsk billedkunsts historie i det nittende århundrede med oversigter over samtidig fremmed kunst. 1904.
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