Paul Theodore 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.[1]
Dancing St. Francis – Wartburg College , Waverly, Iowa
Anthrosphere Wells Fargo Place , St. Paul, Minnesota
Bust of Edward J. Flanagan created in 1967 by Granlund for the Nebraska Hall of Fame .
Granlund was born on October 6, 1925, in Minneapolis, the son of the Rev. Clarence and Naomi Granlund. He attended Central High School in Minneapolis.[2] 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 .[3] He also chaired the sculpture department for 14 years.
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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.[5] While artist in residence, he taught notable Minnesota bronze sculptor Nicholas Legeros from 1978 to 1980.
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U.S. Colleges and Universities
Augustana University , Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Bluffton College , Bluffton, Ohio
St. Catherine University , St. Paul, Minnesota
Concordia College , Moorhead, Minnesota
Concordia University, St. Paul , St. Paul, Minnesota
Concordia University, Nebraska , Seward, Nebraska
"Son of Man Be Free" (Christ Frees Us)
Grinnell College , Grinnell, Iowa
"Alpha and Omega Sundial" (1990)
Gustavus Adolphus College , St Peter, Minnesota
"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)
Iliff School of Theology , Denver, Colorado
"Incarnation" (1963), "Resurrection II" (1973)
Luther Seminary , St. Paul, Minnesota
"The Christ Figure" (1967)
Muhlenberg College , Allentown, Pennsylvania
Sioux Falls College , Sioux Falls, South Dakota
St. Norbert College , De Pere, Wisconsin
St. Olaf College , Northfield, Minnesota
"Celebration" (1980–82), "Portrait of Julius Muus," "Double Chorus"
University of Minnesota , Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota
University of St. Thomas , St. Paul, Minnesota
University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire , Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Upper Iowa University , Fayette, Iowa
Valparaiso University , Valparaiso, Indiana
Viterbo University , La Crosse, Wisconsin
Wartburg College , Waverly, Iowa
Churches
Berea Lutheran Church, Richfield, Minnesota
Crucifixion-Resurrection Processional Cross"
Bethel Lutheran Church, Willmar, Minnesota
Bethlehem Lutheran, Encinitas, California
Central Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota
First Lutheran Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
"Crucifixion-Resurrection," (1982)
First Lutheran Church, St. Peter, Minnesota
"Chancel Cross," "Cradle" (1982), "Familia II" (1989)
Grace Lutheran Church, Mankato, Minnesota
"Crucifixion-Resurrection Processional Cross"
Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, Minneapolis, Minnesota
"Resurrection" (1958), "Crucifixion" (1964), "Credo Doors (1967), "Rondo," "Life Tree"
Mary Mother of the Church, Burnsville, Minnesota
Crucifixion Processional Cross (1969)
Mount Olive Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota
"Head of Cantor Paul O. Manz,"
Mount Olivet Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Salem Lutheran Church, Bridgeport, Connecticut
St. Ansgar's Lutheran Church, Cannon Falls, Minnesota
St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral , Minneapolis, Minnesota
"Christ, Peter, and Paul," (Dedicated 1983), "Resurrection II"
St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church, Minneapolis, Minnesota
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, Annapolis, Maryland
"Paschal Flame," "Baptismal Font"
St. Paul's Lutheran Church, La Crosse, Wisconsin
"Damascus Illumination" (1967)
Wayzata Community Church, Wayzata, Minnesota
Westminster Presbyterian Church , Minneapolis, Minnesota
"Birth of Freedom," "Life Tree"
Hospitals
Abbott Northwestern Hospital , Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bethesda Lutheran Medical Center, St. Paul, Minnesota
Fairview Ridges Hospital, Burnsville, Minnesota
Hudson Hospital, Hudson, Wisconsin
Immanuel-St.Joseph's Hospital, Mankato, Minnesota
Luther Hospital, Eau Claire, Wisconsin
Mayo Clinic , Rochester, Minnesota
Methodist Hospital, St. Louis Park, Minnesota
Metropolitan Medical Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Miller-Dwan Medical Center, Duluth, Minnesota
United Hospital , St. Paul, Minnesota
University of Minnesota Children's Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Minnesota Locations
Courage Center , Golden Valley, Minnesota
EON, Inc. , New Ulm, Minnesota
Federal Courthouse, Fargo, North Dakota
"Portrait Head of Quentin Burdick"
Federal Reserve Bank , Minneapolis, Minnesota
Fergus Falls Library, Fergus Falls, Minnesota
First Federal Savings and Loan, Skyway, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Five Flags Plaza, Dubuque, Iowa
"Continuum" (Winner of Bicentennial sculpture competition, 1973)
Institute of Ecumenical Research, Collegeville, Minnesota
Johnson Heritage Post, Grand Marais, Minnesota
Lutheran Social Services, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Mayo House, Le Sueur, Minnesota
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum , Chaska, Minnesota
"Winter and Summer Nymphs" (1973)
"Mountain Mirage" (1992)
Minnesota Governor's Residence , St. Paul, Minnesota
"MAN NAM" (Vietnam War Memorial, 1970)
Minnesota State Capitol , St. Paul, Minnesota
"Charles A. Lindbergh – The Boy and the Man," "Portrait Head of Edward A. Burdick," "Portrait of Nicholas Coleman"
Roselawn Cemetery, Roseville, Minnesota
"Cube Column Resurrection"
Saint Paul Academy , St. Paul, Minnesota
Wells Fargo Place , St. Paul, Minnesota (formerly Minnesota World Trade Center)
Wilson Center, Faribault, Minnesota
U.S. Locations
Bethesda Lutheran Home, Watertown, Iowa
Hall of Fame, Nebraska State Capitol , Lincoln, Nebraska
"Father Flanagan" bust (1966–67)
Hyde Park Shopping Center, Chicago, IL
"Jacob and the Angel II" (1961)
La Crosse Public Library , La Crosse, Wisconsin
"Ascendance" (1971- Donated by Clarence Smith Family in memory of their parents)
"Reflections" (Donated by Alf Gundersen in memory of his wife, Carroll McGarty Gundersen)
Missouri Botanical Garden , St. Louis, Missouri
"Zerogee", "Linnaeus", "Climatron Plaque", "Portrait of Henry Shaw"
Norskedalen Nature and Heritage Center, Coon Valley, Wisconsin
San Diego International Airport (Lindbergh Field), San Diego, California
"Charles A. Lindbergh – The Boy and the Man"
International
Assisi, Italy
Caux, Switzerland
"Frank Buchman, a bronze bust"
Hong Kong International School , Hong Kong, China
"Adolescence", "Cross Section"
Indian Academy of Sciences , Bangalore, India
"Portrait of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar"
Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
"Bust of Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar"
Kansai Gadai University, Osaka, Japan
"Constellation Earth", "Familia"
Le Bourget Airport , Paris, France
"Charles A. Lindbergh – The Boy and the Man"
Nagasaki Peace Park , Nagasaki, Japan
Uppsala, Sweden
Granlund, Paul T. Paul T. Granlund Collection, 1945–2006. CAMC Collection 12. Gustavus Adolphus College Archives, St. Peter, Minnesota.
Freiert, William K. (1991) Paul T. Granlund: Spirit of bronze, shape of freedom (Primarius Ltd. Publishers) ISBN 9780943535043