De vilde svaner - Odense, Denmark - Figurative Public Sculpture on Waymarking.com

I parken Munke Mose ses Hugo Liisbergs imponerende bronzeskulptur af eventyret De vilde svaner af H.C. Andersen. Skulpturen blev afsløret den 2. april 1955 - 150-års dagen for H.C. Andersens fødsel. Den er skænket byen af A/S Dansk Akkumulator- og Elektromotorfabrik, Odense. Motivet er hentet fra H.C. Andersens eventyr De vilde svaner om prinsessen og hendes 111 brødre, der bliver forvandlet til 11 svaner.

Historien om de vilde svaner handler om en konge, der efter sin dronnings død gifter sig igen med en ond dronning, der kaster en forbandelse over sine 12 stedbørn. De 11 brødre bliver forvandlet til svaner, men den godhjertede Elisa, den eneste pige, er for god til at blive fortryllet. Den beslutsomme pige går så grusomt meget igennem for at hjælpe sine brødre.

Da Liisberg ofte lavede flere afstøbninger af sine skulpturer findes der også andre versioner af dette værk. Fælles for dem alle er at de har fokus på at portrættere Elisa, omringet af sine brødre. Det første udkast havde mere tekstur end den endelige version. Skulpturen har energi og drama og de mange udstrakte halse og udstrakte vinger får den til at virke som om den stræber fremad og opad. Værket er udført i bronze og blev først placeret i Eventyrhaven, men senere flyttet til Munkemose, hvor det blev besluttet at sætte den på en høj sokkel for at understrege at svanerne flyver.

English: In the park Munke Mose, Hugo Liisberg's impressive bronze sculpture of the fairy tale The Wild Swans by H.C. Andersen. The sculpture was unveiled on April 2, 1955 - the 150th anniversary of H.C. Andersen's birth. It was donated to the city by A / S Dansk Akkumulator- og Elektromotorfabrik, Odense. The motif is taken from H.C. Andersen's fairy tale The Wild Swans about the princess and her 111 brothers who are transformed into 11 swans.

The story of the wild swans is about a king who, after the death of his queen, remarries an evil queen who casts a curse on her 12 stepchildren. The 11 brothers are transformed into swans, but the kind-hearted Elisa, the only girl, is too good to be enchanted. The determined girl goes through so cruelly much to help her brothers.

As Liisberg often made several castings of his sculptures, there are other versions of this work as well. Common to them all is that they focus on portraying Elisa, surrounded by her brothers. The first draft had more texture than the final version. The sculpture has energy and drama and the many outstretched necks and outstretched wings make it seem as if it is striving forward and upward. The work is made of bronze and was first placed in Eventyrhaven, but later moved to Munkemose, where it was decided to put it on a high plinth to emphasize that the swans fly.

Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: De vilde svaner Figure Type: Combination of two figure types Artist Name or use 'Unknown' if not known: Hugo Liisberg Date created or placed or use 'Unknown' if not known: 1955 Materials used: bronze Location: Munke Mose

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