Nr. 31: To gamle menn

Nr. 31: To gamle menn is a statue by Gustav Vigeland in Frogner Park, Oslo. Two human figures focus attention on age, companionship, and shared experience. The work belongs to the Vigeland installation, where more than two hundred sculptures occupy broad paths and open spaces. Naturalistic anatomy, gesture, and expression make the figures feel grounded in everyday human life.

Vigeland developed the installation mainly between the 1920s and 1940s, shaping both its sculptures and park layout. Its central axis leads towards the seventeen-metre granite Monolith, which carries more than one hundred intertwined figures. Bridges, fountains, gates, bronze, granite, and wrought iron extend the artistic setting beyond this single group. Nr. 31: To gamle menn leaves a quiet image of two older men within a larger journey through the human life cycle.

City: Oslo
Content updated: 2026-06-22

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