Marian Gobius sculpted many children's portraits and specialized in the figurative representation of humans. She made sculptures of women, men, children; sometimes sweet, then again more tough. Her sculptures are sporty, active with a number of sculptures of two or three figures, where tension is created by placing them back to back or towards each other, incorporating space in the composition. You can also see that characteristic in this sculpture of two wrestling boys. With their bodies in opposing movements, a composition is created that is interesting from several sides. In terms of content, the boys are also personifications of virtues such as play, friendship and solidarity through the interplay. Bronze (small) sculptures of children and young people were often made in the 1960s for public spaces, and can especially be found in many schoolyards.
