Joseph Grimeland

He attended private school at Grimelandskolen in Asker which his father had founded and where he served as head master.

In 1933, he entered the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts (Statens kunstakademi) where he had Wilhelm Rasmussen as an instructor.

[2] [3] Among his sculptures were Naken gutt from 1939 at the National Gallery of Norway and Oslopiken from 1951 at the Oslo City Hall.

In 1980, his monument to Norwegian ships and sailors (Krigsseilermonumentet) was unveiled at Bygdøy peninsula in the district of Frogner of Oslo.

[4] [5] During the course of his career, he portrayed Hieronymus Heyerdahl (1950), Ole Reistad (1958), Bokken Lasson (1962), Anders Jahre (1975), Sigrid Undset (1977), Kirsten Flagstad (1981), Arnulf Øverland (1968) and Olaf Bull (1989).