Gunnar Torvund (9 July 1948 – 14 October 2019) was a Norwegian sculptor.

Personal life

Torvund was born in

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to electrician Martin Torvund and Inger Synnøve Risvold Helliesen, and he was a brother of poet

Helge Torvund Helge Torvund (born 20 August 1951) is a Norwegian psychologist, poet, essayist, literary critic and children's writer. He was born in Hå municipality and is brother of sculptor Gunnar Torvund. He made his literary debut in 1977 with ''Henden ...

. After art studies in

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and

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, he settled in the municipality of

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. He was married to painter Berit Marie Friestad from 1972 to 1990, and later lived with Kristine Brodersen.

Career

His work is represented in the collections of

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, the

Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art The Norwegian Museum of Contemporary Art ( no, Museet for samtidskunst) is a museum in Oslo, Norway. Since 2003, it is administratively a part of the National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design. History The Norwegian Museum of Contemporary A ...

, and at the

Gothenburg Museum of Art Gothenburg Museum of Art ( sv, Göteborgs konstmuseum) is located at Götaplatsen in Gothenburg, Sweden. It claims to be the third largest art museum in Sweden by size of its collection. Collections The museum holds the world's finest collect ...

. Among his more well known works are ''På flyplassen – eg skal heim'' from 1971, and ''Pubertet med belg'' from 1991, located at the Arendal hospital.

References

1948 births 2019 deaths People from Hå Norwegian sculptors {{Norway-artist-stub