Jens Lund (sculptor)
Jens Lund Jensen (6 February 1873 - 30 May 1946) was a Danish sculptor. He received the Eckersberg Medal in 1010 and 1920.
Jens Lund | |
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.png) Jens Lund in his studio | |
| Born | 5 February 1873 Videbæk, Denmark |
| Died | 30 May 1946 (aged 73) Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Education | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts |
| Known for | Sculptor |
| Movement | Slønvirke |
Early life and education
Lund was born in 1983 in Videbæk, the son of innkeeper, merchant and farmer Jens Jensen Lund (1824-1909) and Johanne Nielsen (1831–80). He initially apprentived both as a house painter and a diarist before training as a woodcarver under Sophus Petersen and Bertel Olsen for the age of 21 while in the same time attending Copenhagen Technical School. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1896 to 1901. He also worked as an assistant in Vilhelm Bissen's and Anders Bundgaard's studios. He spent three months in Italy and four months in Paris in 1906. He visited Egypt, Greece and Italy on a grant from Ankers Legat in 1914 and Germany and Austria on a grant from Zacharias Jacobsens Legat in 1922. He also made a study trip to the Netherlands and Germany in 1930.[1]
Career
He was represented at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibitions in 1900 and 1902-08 as well as the Artists' Authumn Exhibition in 1904-05 and 1907 and was a member of the Den frie udstilling from 1911. He was also represented at exhibitions in Brighton (1912), Stockholm (Liljevalch,1919), Gothenburg (1923 and 1939), New York City (Brooklyn Museum, 1927), Oslo (1931). He was awarded the Eckersberg Medal in 1919 for a bust in oak of Ferdinandsen (kunstmuseet) and again in 1920 for Ægyptere.[2]
Lund worked with restoration of sculptures at the Danish National Galleryu from 1914. He was a member of Akademirådet from March 1922, a member of the Gallery Commission in 1923-29 and was chairman of Selskabet for dekorativ kunst and Billedhuggerforeningen, a board member of Den Frie udstilling and Dansk billedhuggersamfund.[3]
Selected works
- People in national costumesm Copenhagen Central Station (1910)
- 12 craftsmen, Technical Institute, Copenahgen (1916–17)
- Boundary Stone, Tuborgvej, Copenhagen (1926)
- Water feature, Nordisk Livsforsikrings, Grønningen, Copenhagen (1929, now Assurand.gård, Frederiksberg)
- The Seasons, Gyldenløvesgade, Copenhagen (1929–31, moved)
- Authumn, Østerbrogade/Jagtvejen (1931),
- Reunion Memorial, Ulkebøl, Als (1936)
Image gallery
Fanø Woman, Copenhagen Central Station
Læsø Woman, Copenhagen Central Station
Hedebo Woman
Mols Man, Copenhagen Central Station
Ringkøbing Man, Copenhagen Central Station
Salling Man, Copenhagen Central Station
Samsø Man, Copenhagen Central Station
Skovshoved Woman, Copenhagen Central Station
South Funen Woman, Copenhagen Central Station
Amager Man, Copenhagen Central Station
References
- "Jens Lund" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- "Udstillinger" (in Danish). Kundtindeks Danmark. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
- "Stillinger og hverv" (in Danish). Kundtindeks Danmark. Retrieved 12 May 2019.
External links
- Jens Lund at Kunstindeks Danmark