Aksel (Axel) Einar (Ejnar) Utzon-Frank (30 March 1888 – 15 July 1955) was a Danish sculptor and professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts . During his lifetime, he produced many sculptures, some of which stand as public monuments. Utzon-Frank was son of Jens Christian Frank and Anna Cathrine Utzon. Anna Cathrine was sister to the grandfather of Pritzker Prize -winning architect Jørn Utzon .
13-687: Utzon is a Danish surname that may refer to the following notable people: Einar Utzon-Frank (1888–1955), Danish sculptor Jan Utzon (born 1944), Danish architect, son of Jørn Jørn Utzon (1918–2008), Danish architect Utzon Center in Aalborg, Denmark Utzon's House in Hellebæk Kim Utzon (born 1957), Danish architect, son of Jørn Lin Utzon (born 1946), Danish designer, daughter of Jørn [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
26-474: A close friend of the somewhat older Kai Nielsen . However, the two friends followed diverging paths through their creative careers, with Nielsen following a lush modernism in contrast to Utzon-Frank's clear, cool classical style which follows the tradition of Bertel Thorvaldsen . From 1912 to 1913 Utzen-Frank travelled around Europe, visiting Berlin, Dresden , Munich , Florence , Rome, Naples , Paestum , Paris and later Italy, Greece and England, and many of
39-529: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Einar Utzon-Frank Einar Utzon-Frank was born in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen in 1888, the son of Jens Christian Frank and Anna Cathrine Utzon. Utzon-Frank began his artistic life as a painter but changed direction to become a sculptor. He was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1906, where he became
52-659: The 1932 Summer Olympics . In 1918 at the age of 30, Utzon-Frank was appointed a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen, a post in which he remained until 1955. In his teaching, he laid emphasis on solid craftsmanship skills. He was a teacher and educator of great importance and came to dominate several generations of sculptors, including Henry Heerup , Sigrid Lütken, Janus Kamban , Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen , Gestur Þorgrímsson and Douglas Robertson Bisset . Utzon-Frank married Gerda Harriet Margrete Christensen on 4 December 1908. Their daughter Grete Utzon Frank
65-523: The Faroese chain dance and so on. He used plaster, cement, baked clay, wood, basalt and bronze . Two of his sculptures, Sheep with two lambs (cement, 1955) and Four whales (1986), are exhibited at the Faroese Art Museum. In addition to his sculptures, he also produced graphics, particularly linocuts , including numerous book illustrations, posters, logos and even three postage stamps. Janus Kamban
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91-596: The Aarhus. Once there, he immediately established himself as a sculptor. His first monumental work was Móðurmálið (mother tongue), made in 1948 from local basalt , as an anniversary memorial for V U Hammershaimb , 1846, creator of the Faroese written language. For some time, the sculpture was hidden behind tall bushes but has once again been made visible and can be seen close to the Faroese National Library. However,
104-574: The Faroe Islands. In 1930 he went to Copenhagen to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts to study painting, but soon changed his direction and attended the School of Sculpture in the Art Academy from 1932 to 1935 and from 1938 to 1940, where he studied under Professor Einar Utzon-Frank . Study tours in the 1930s led him to Paris , Florence , Oslo and Stockholm . In his Copenhagen studio he organized
117-501: The bronze bust for the politician and lawyer Niels Winther (1822–92) is clearly visible at the entrance to the national library, and the 3.8 × 2.9 metre cement relief Søgumaðurin (the storyteller) of 1956 can be seen on the facade of a local school in Tórshavn. Other monuments produced by him can be found all over the Faroe Islands, and his subjects are common everyday practical aspects of island life: seamen, islanders, sheep, pilot whales ,
130-458: The classical influences from his travels are evident in his work. At the end of the 1930s he was commissioned to recast the Equestrian statue of Christian V — originally erected between 1687 and 1688 on Kongens Nytorv and made from gilded lead by Abraham-César Lamoureux — in bronze , which he did between 1939 and 1942. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at
143-734: The first exhibition of Faroese Art in Denmark . In addition to his own works, it included works by Gudmund Hentze, Sámal Joensen-Mikines , Elin Borg Lützen, Ruth Smith and Ingolf Jacobsen. During the Second World War he had to remain in German-occupied Denmark since the Faroe Islands were occupied by Britain . However, in August 1945, Kamban returned to the Faroe Islands on the first ship,
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#1732851890682156-527: Was born on 8 February 1909 in Copenhagen , and she married painter and author William Flemming Bergsøe on 21 March 1930. His best-known works include: Janus Kamban Janus Kamban (10 September 1913 in Tórshavn – 2 May 2009) was a Faroese sculptor and last living representative from the "first generation" of professional artists in the Faroe Islands . Kamban is the first and most important sculptor in
169-485: Was one of the founders of the faroese republican party ( Tjóðveldi ). He advocated for the secession of the Faroe Islands from Denmark, and the establishment of an independent republic. Being an advocate for self-reliance, self-sufficiency and the development of faroese culture, he also co-founded the faroese artists association Listafelagið . Since 1970 he has lived in a house on the coast (Yviri við Strond in Tórshavn) with
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