List of Danish sculptors

This is a list of sculptors who were born or whose creative production is associated with Denmark:

A

  • Gunnar Aagaard Andersen (1919–1982), concrete art movement
  • Carl Aarsleff (1852–1918), statues and statuettes
  • Daniel Andersen (1885–1959), also a composer
  • Henrik B. Andersen (born 1958), abstract yet recognizable works, professor
  • Rasmus Andersen (1861–1930), naturalistic portraits

B

  • Claus Berg (c. 1470 – c. 1532), Odense cathedral altarpiece
  • Ejler Bille (1910–2004), small sculptures, painting
  • Herman Wilhelm Bissen (1798–1868), Landsoldaten in Fredericia
  • Vilhelm Bissen (1836–1913), Absalon on Højbro Plads
  • Johannes Bjerg (1886–1955), El Greco inspired statues
  • Thyra Boldsen (1884–1968), naturalistic sculptor, successful in California
  • Carl Johan Bonnesen (1868–1933), statues and statuettes
  • Peter Brandes (born 1944), abstract art
  • Ib Braase (1923–2009), left Denmark to work in France with unconventional materials
  • Hans Brüggemann (c. 1480 – c. 1521), Bordesholm Altar, Schleswig Cathedral
  • Anders Bundgaard (1864–1937), Gefion Fountain, Copenhagen

C

  • Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen (1863–1945), naturalistic figures of animals and people
  • Caius Gabriel Cibber (1630–1700), statues in London
  • Louis August le Clerc (1688–1771), Rococo decoration, Christiansborg
  • Ingvar Cronhammar (1947–2021), monumental public art

D

E

F

G

H

I

J

K

L

  • Jørn Larsen (1926–2004), member of Grønningen, sculptures in marble, granite, steel
  • Christian Lemmerz (born 1959), German-born sculptor, illustrator and performance artist
  • Jan Leth (1932–2010), abstract monumental works
  • Kirsten Lockenwitz (born 1932), abstract works often in unconventional materials including neon tubes
  • Agnes Lunn (1850–1941), animals including horses and cows
  • Sigrid Lütken (1915–2008), sculptor focusing on abstract works depicting plants, animals and people

M

  • Julie Marstrand (1882–1943), sculptor, textile artist and writer
  • Harvey Martin (1942–2014), smith and sculptor, public works in iron and steel
  • Egon Møller-Nielsen (1915–1959), abstract surrealistic works
  • Brix Michgell (early 17th century), sculptor, woodworker
  • Mogens Møller (1934–2021), Minimalist sculptor, large public works

N

  • Knud Nellemose (1908–1997), sportsmen, famous Danes
  • Kai Nielsen (1882–1924), rounded female forms, works on Blågårds Plads
  • Astrid Noack (1888–1954), specialized in the human figure
  • Bjørn Nørgaard (born 1947), critical works, various materials, monumental public sculptures

O

  • Tove Ólafsson (1909–1992), sculptor
  • Henrik Olrik (1830–1890), designs for tableware
  • Hans Pauli Olsen (born 1957), public works in Tórshavn
  • John Olsen (1938–2019), works based on birds and animals in natural materials
  • Willy Ørskov (1920–1990), plastics and inflatable materials
  • Kirsten Ortwed (born 1948), striking sculptures in public places

P

Q

R

  • Arne Ranslet (1931–2018), grotesque animal sculptures and monumental bronze works
  • Svend Rathsack (1885–1941), Maritime Monument on Copenhagen's waterfront, Lumbye monument in Tivoli
  • Lise Ring (born 1936), sculptures of women, children and animals

S

T

  • Rudolph Tegner (1873–1950), Symbolism, controversial monument to Niels Finsen
  • Erik Thommesen (1916–2008), Expressionist representations of the human figure in hardwood inspired by African sculpture
  • Christian Thomsen (1860–1921), influential role in producing porcelain figures
  • Bertel Thorvaldsen (c. 1770–1844), Neo-classical statues crafted mainly in Italy, Christ in Vor Frue Kirke
  • Elisabeth Toubro (born 1956), renewal of Danish sculpture with emphasis on Greenland
  • Kurt Trampedach (1943–2013), mainly a painter

U

  • Einar Utzon-Frank (1888–1955), many classical works for public monuments in the Thorvaldsen style

V

W

See also