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Sct. Mathias torv: vandkunst
Den runde fontæne er en gave til Viborg by
fra Handelsbanken. Den blev indviet 28. april 1978.
Sct. Mathias torv er stoppested for
”Dodo toget” som kører om sommeren og til jul. Her
findes også til tider tombolasælgere, musikere mv.
Ole Find (1936-85) var som kunstner
autodidakt. Han havde inspirationen hjemmefra, hvor bedstefaderen
Ludvig Find tidligt gav Ole Find lysten til det kunstneriske
virke.
Efter endt skolegang arbejdede han 2 år på et
stenhuggeri, før han fik sin debut som billedhugger på Kunstnernes
Efterårsudstilling (KE) i 1954. Her fik han en god modtagelse af
kritikerne. Flemming Madsen skrev i Berlingske Tidende Aftenavis d.
30/10-1954: "Debutanten Ole Find, der for tiden befinder sig langt
fra hjemmet som messedreng på et skib - har 3 skulpturer, der røber
helt heerupske tilbøjeligheder til at finde frem til melodien i en
sten og digte videre på den."
Det nævnte skib sejlede til fjernøsten og
indtrykkene fra de havne, hvor skibet lagde til, kan genfindes i
hans kunst.
Fra 60´erne lod Ole Find sig ofte inspirere af
marksten hvis udtryk og form satte billedskabende ideer i gang.
Ved at beholde stenen givne form, fastholder
Ole Find præget af marksten.
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GB:
Sct. Mathias square:
vandkunst
Ole Find (1936-85) was
as self-taught artist. He found inspiration at home, where the best
father Ludvig Find prematurely gave Ole Finding a taste for the
artistic work. After schooling, he worked 2 years at a stenhuggeri
before he had his debut as a sculptor at the Artists' Autumn
Exhibition (KE) in 1954. Here he was well received by critics.
Flemming Madsen wrote in Berlingske Tidende Aften Avis d.
30/10-1954: "Debutant Ole Find who currently find themselves far
from home as altar boy on a ship - has 3 sculptures that reveal
quite heerupske tendencies to find the melody in a stone and poems
further on it. "
That ship sailed to the
Far East and impressions from the ports where the ship was to be
found in his art.
From 60s let Ole Find
often inspired by field stones whose expression and form the
image-generating ideas in motion.
By keeping the stone's
shape, the Ole Find feature of field stones.
The round fountain is a
gift to Viborg city from Handelsbanken. It was invite 28 April
1978.
Sct. Mathias square is
stop the "Dodo train" that runs in the summer and at Christmas.
There are also sometimes raffle vendors, musicians,
etc..