Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada
Anthrosphere by paul granlund
Paul T. Granlund (October 6, 1925, Minneapolis, Minnesota – September 15, 2003, Mankato, Minnesota) was an American sculptor. His creative career spanned more than 50 years and more than 650 different works. Most of his work is figurative and made from bronze. His patrons included colleges, hospitals, Lutheran Churches, and other institutions.
Paul Theodore Granlund was born on October 6, 1925, in Minneapolis, the son of the Rev. Clarence and Naomi Granlund. He married Edna Spaeth in 1950. Granlund received his Bachelor of Arts from Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota in 1952 and his Master of Fine Arts from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan in 1954. Awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study sculpture in Italy the same year, he later returned on Guggenheim Foundation fellowships in 1957–1959. During the 1960s and '70s, he was a faculty member at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. At this institution he was chairperson of the sculpture department for 14 years.
Sculptor in residence
Paul Granlund was the sculptor in residence at his alma mater, Gustavus Adolphus College, from 1971 until his retirement in 1996, and maintained a studio at the institution until his death. Over 30 works are on campus, including the friezes and doors of Christ Chapel. While artist in residence, he taught notable Minnesota bronze sculptor Nicholas Legeros from 1978 to 1980.
"Head of a Boy" (Hillstrom, 1955), "The Christ Deed" (Christ Chapel, 1961), "Old Testament Door" (Christ Chapel, 1962), "New Testament Door" (Christ Chapel, 1962), Dr. Andrew Jackson, Dr. P. A. Mattson, Dr. O.J. Johnson, and Erik Norelius Plaques (Christ Chapel, 1962), "Jacob and the Angel III" (1962), "Baptism/Lord's Supper Door" (Christ Chapel, 1963), "Hope Doors" (Christ Chapel, 1965), "Old Testament Frieze" (Christ Chapel, 1967), "Masks of the Muses" (1971), "The Way of the Cross" (gift to Gustavus President Lindell), "B.C.A.D." (1973), "The Edge" (1975), "Sonata" (Ella J. Pehrson Memorial, 1975), "Palindrome" (1976), "Egg," "Apogee" (1980), "Crucifixion" (Eckman Mall, 1980), "Flight II" (Folke Bernadotte Memorial Library, 1980), "Head of Jan Bender" (1980), "Luna Moth Matrix" (1980), Eckman Mall Plaque (1981), "South Wind II" (1982), "Portrait of Srinivasa Ramanujan (Olin, 1983), "Venus Nautilus II" (1983), "Floor Exercises" (1984), "Nicollet" (1986), "Horizontal Lovers" (Hillstrom, 1986), "Linnaeus" (1988), "Saint Francis" (1989), "Starburst" (1992), "New Testament Frieze" (Christ Chapel, 1997), "Portrait/Bust of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar," (Olin, 1998), "Portrait/Bust of George Engelmann" (1999), "Orbisc" (1999), "Portrait of Paul Wellstone (2003)
