Olymp von Weimar
The Olymp von Weimar is a sculpture by Spanish artist Andreu Alfaro in Frankfurt’s Gallusanlage, made from stainless steel. Its tall steel form rises above the park.
Alfaro shaped bent, fan-like tubes around a central rhombus to evoke Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s personality. The central rhombus anchors the sculpture’s changing composition.
As you walk around the artwork, its lines shift and reveal different views against Frankfurt’s banking skyline. The sculpture stands among trees in the Gallusanlage.
Kaiserstraße divides the park, where chestnuts, robinias, maples, and a ginkgo meet surrounding city architecture. Stainless steel contrasts with the surrounding greenery and banking towers.
The work belongs to Alfaro’s Goethe series, which includes sculptures, drawings, and lithographs from the late twentieth century. Olymp von Weimar is the largest piece in that series.
Its fan shape suggests centrifugal force and Goethe’s ability to draw influential people into his circle. The sculpture is wheelchair accessible in its park setting.
The artwork later moved from Westend Carré to the Gallusanlage. The Goethe monument returned to Goetheplatz before this modern replacement took its place.
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