Adelgunde Vogt (17 July 1811 – 10 June 1892) was a Danish sculptor.Adelgunde Vogt
Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon She was the first female sculptor in Denmark. She is most known for her sculptures of animals in ivory and bronze, but she also made portrait busts.

Biography

Emilie Adelgunde Vogt was the daughter of Michael Johan Christian Herbst (1775–1830) and Michelle Elisabeth Christiance Charlotte Stibolt (1788–1861). Her father was a Commissioner General and the director of the military garment factory. She spent her youth in

Sorø Sorø () is a town in Sorø municipality in Region Sjælland on the island of Zealand (''Sjælland'') in east Denmark. The population is 7,999 (2022).

and

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. After the death of her father, the family moved to Copenhagen in 1837. She first received instruction in modeling from sculptor student Johan Peter Heldt. She was a student of

Hermann Ernst Freund Hermann Ernst Freund (15 October 1786, in Uthlede, Lower Saxony – 30 June 1840, in Copenhagen) was a German-born Danish sculptor. He is remembered in particular for his figures from Nordic mythology and for the Ragnarok Frieze. Biography Born ...

in 1837. From 1838 she began to exhibit. She trained in the studio of

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in 1840. She was proposed to be inducted into the

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark. History The Royal Dani ...

in 1843, but as women were not allowed to be members, she was instead made an honorary member. In 1839, she was awarded the Neuhausen Prize. In 1844, she received a travel allowance and went to study in Italy. She was married to

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Frederik Siegfried Vogt (1777–1855) in 1846. In later life, she exhibited at the

Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition The Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition (''Charlottenborg Forårsudstilling'') is an annual art exhibition in Copenhagen, Denmark. The event is held at the Charlottenborg Exhibition Building (''Kunsthal Charlottenborg''). Kunsthal Charlottenborg ...

between 1860-72. She died in Copenhagen and was buried in

Assistens Cemetery Assistens Cemetery ( da, Assistens Kirkegård) is the name of a number of cemeteries in Denmark. The common nominator is, as the first part of the name implies (Latin: ''assistens'' meaning assisting), an assisting cemetery for a town's churches. ...

Selected works

*''En ko med diende kalv'' (1839)

Funen's Art Museum Funen's Art Museum (Danish: ''Fyns Kunstmuseum''), formerly The Museum of Funen's Abbey and Museum Civitatis Othiniensis, founded in 1885, is an art museum in Odense, Denmark. Funen's Art Museum operated as a part of the Odense City Museums (''Oden ...

*''En kronhjort med hind og kalv'' (1842)

Vemmetofte Vemmetofte Convent ( da, Vemmetofte Adelige Jomfrukloster, Vemmetofte Kloster) is a former manor house in Faxe Municipality south of Copenhagen, Denmark. It was turned into a convent by Princess Sophia Hedwig of Denmark in 1735. Since 1975 it has ...

*''En bjørn'' (1862)

Gammel Estrup Manor Gammel Estrup Manor (''Danish: Gammel Estrup'') is a red-brick Renaissance manor house some east of Randers in Jutland, Denmark. The manor as we know it today can be traced back to 1490. But excavations have revealed evidence of earlier constructi ...

*''To stående heste'' (1863)

National Gallery of Denmark The National Gallery of Denmark ( da, Statens Museum for Kunst, also known as "SMK", literally State Museum for Art) is the Danish national gallery, located in the centre of Copenhagen. The museum collects, registers, maintains, researches and han ...

References

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