With works of art from ten different European countries - a total of no less than 337 works - Sonsbeek '58 once again provides an overview of European sculpture. This time, too, the emphasis is on French sculpture, which at the time is still considered the starting point of innovation. Yet during this edition there is more attention to more recent developments in other European countries. Thanks to eighty sculptures by Italian artists, for example, visitors will get an idea of what is going on here in the field of sculpture. Compared to previous times, this time there is also more work on display by German artists. Meanwhile, a greater discrepancy does emerge between the works of long-dead artists such as Honoré Daumier (died in 1879) and Auguste Rodin (died in 1917) and innovative works by young artists such as Andre Volten (born in 1925).