Olavi Lanu, (10 July 1925

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(former municipality of Finland) – 11 May 2015

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) was a

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sculptor. He took part to

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in 1978 and had more publicity. Lanu's

sculptures Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

can be see example in

Lanu-puisto Lanu-puisto is a park near Pikku-Vesijärvi in Lahti, Finland. There are 12 statues of concrete Concrete is a composite material composed of fine and coarse aggregate bonded together with a fluid cement (cement paste) that hardens (cures) ...

. He used to use many kind of materials like

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and

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, but tried to make surface to mimic natural forms, example

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and

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. Olavi Lanu has also made so called

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Some works

*''Elämää suomalaismetsässä'' (1978) *''Kaari'' *''Keko'' *''Lehmus'' *''Rankakasa'' *
The three stones
' (1985)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lanu, Olavi 1925 births 2015 deaths 20th-century Finnish sculptors 21st-century Finnish sculptors