Snake + church. Sketch from one of Grung’s Italian voyages. Year unknown.
THE GRUNG PROJECT: SNAKE + CHURCH
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The Grung Project
GOOGLE GRUNG: VAN DER WELDES VEI 4
Leif Grung: Søre van der Weldes vei 4, ca 1934
This is one of my Grung favourites. It’s situated two houses from where i lived myself. It’s just four houses away from where Leif lived himself (look below) – in the quartier of Bergen called Paradis. Between 1928 and 1945 he designed and raised around 40 Grung houses in this area. His own vision was 200 houses – which his death made impossible.
THE GRUNG PROJECT: CERTOSA 1921
This cisterciensian monastery was built in 1341 in Certosa - in the outskirts of Florence. Since then it has made a profound impact on modern architecture. Especially due to Le Corbuisier's visit im 1910: “I saw, in the harmonious countryside of Tuscany, a modern city crowning the top of a hill" - The complex of monk dormitories on the hill top inspired him deeply. Certosa gave him ideas on how to organize his own urban apartment visions. Leif Grung was deeply inspired by Le Corbuisier. This might have been the reason for his Certosa-visit in 1921. During the visit he made the sketch above.
THE GRUNG PROJECT: QUILT STUDIES 1917
The quilt studies (1917) above Leif Grung did in Sweden as a student. A certain indicator on which track he will follow in the twenties and thirties. Colour combinations like those above ( more far out/ extravagant) will dominate especially his interiors.
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