Gustav Vigeland (1869–1943) is most famous for the Vigeland Park in Oslo. His design and execution of the park, from idea to reality, is the result of unparallelled daring, patience – and timing. The sculpture park is the world’s largest made by one single artist, and one of Norway’s most popular tourist attractions. However, it was with his portraits, monuments and small sculpture groups that Vigeland first made a name for himself as Norway’s foremost sculptor, in the early twentieth century. It was also these works that gained him international recognition. Parallels. Gustav Vigeland and his Contemporaries focuses on this – for many unfamiliar – aspect of Vigeland’s oeuvre. It also sheds light on the sculptor’s international associations. For the first time Vigeland is presented together with some of the most central artists of his age, all pioneers in the development of modern sculpture: Constantin Meunier (1831–1905), Auguste Rodin (1840–1917), Antoine Bourdelle (1861–1929) and Aristide Maillol (1861–1944).