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Hans Christian Heg, (sculpture). Artist:  Fjelde, Paul, 1892-1984, sculptor. Krea Kunst & Metalstoberi, founder. Title:  Hans Christian Heg, (sculpture). Dates:  1925. Dedicated 1926. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Plinth: granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 9 ft. 6 in. x 3 ft. x 3 ft.; Base: approx. 6 ft. x 5 ft. x 5 ft. Inscription:  Paul Fjelde (On front of base:) Hans Christian Heg/Colonel 15th. Wisc. Vols/Born in Norway/Dec. 21. 1829/Fell at Chicamauga/Sept. 19. 1863 signed Description:  Full-length portrait of Hans Christian Heg. He is dressed in military uniform, with knee-length double-breasted coat, pants, gloves and boots. He wears a sword at his proper right side. Subject:  Portrait male -- Heg, Hans Christian -- Full length Occupation -- Military -- Colonel Dress -- Uniform -- Military Uniform Object -- Weapon -- Sword Ethnic -- Norwegian Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Wisconsin -- Madison Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Wisconsin, Department of Administration, Division of Facilities Management, King Street at Capitol Square, Madison, Wisconsin 53705 Located Wisconsin State Capitol, On King Street, in front of Capitol, Madison, Wisconsin Remarks:  The sculpture is a tribute to Hans Christian Heg, a Norwegian colonel of the 15th Wisconsin Volunteers, in the Civil War. The sculpture was a gift of the Norwegian Society of America. Enough money was raised so that a casts could also be erected in Heg's home town of Lier, Norway, and in Waterford, Wisconsin where he is buried. For further information see: Wisconsin State Capitol Guide and History, pg. 11, 50. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Wisconsin survey, 1993. Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985. Wisconsin State Capitol: Guide and History, 29th ed., 1966. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS 75008874   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75008874 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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