Anders Bundgaard (7 August 1864 – 19 September 1937) was a Danish sculptor.Anette Sørensen, "Anders Bundgaard"
''Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon''. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

Biography

Bundgaard was born at Ersted near

Skørping Skørping is a railway town in Rebild Municipality in Region Nordjylland in the geographic region of the Jutland peninsula known as ''Himmerland'' in northern Denmark. The modern town has a population of 2,971 as of 1 January 2022; When Bundgaard arrived in Copenhagen, he undertook a variety of odd jobs until his artistic talents were discovered by Emil Blichfeldt who encouraged him to attend the Copenhagen Technical College (1884–85) and later the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (1885-1887). It was there that he was introduced to French Naturalism by Norwegian-Danish sculptor Stephan Sinding, giving his works with a rather dramatic touch. He debuted at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1888. He was awarded several scholarship: Raben-Levetzau (1889, 1891); Hielmstierne-Rosencrone (1891); Ancker (1894). He conducted study trips to Paris (1889-1892) thence to Genoa, Naples, Pompeii, Rome, and Florence; again Paris (189); Italy (1894-1895); Italy, Egypt and Greece (1899-1900); Italy (1921–22). His study trips in Paris provided him with inspiration from Jules Dalou, Alexandre Falguière and Auguste Rodin. In addition, his father's interest in mythology and folk tales reinforced his imaginative approach which can be seen in his robust, Naturalistic works, often made of granite. His interest in ecclesiastical art from the Middle Ages is also apparent. Bundgaard undertook several major decorative projects including sculptures for the recently built Copenhagen City Hall (1894–99) and for Christiansborg Palace (1907–28) where his four majestic figures stand over the entrance to the parliamentary chamber. Bundgaard's works often exhibit a mythological, nationalistic slant as can be seen in two of his masterpieces, the Gefion Fountain (1908) on Copenhagen's waterfront and the

Cimbrian Bull ''Cimbrian Bull'' ( da, Cimbrertyren) is 1937 bronze sculpture by Anders Bundgaard. located in central Aalborg, Denmark. It has become a symbol of the city of Aalborg as well as of the Himmerland region of northern Jutland. Sculpture The sculptu ...

(1937) in

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. He completed a number of monuments in commemoration of the volunteers from 1848 and 1864 as well as the Reunification Monument in Randers. He completed the statues of

Enrico Dalgas Enrico Mylius Dalgas K.1 D.M. F.M.I (16 July 1828 – 16 April 1894) was a Danish engineer who pioneered the soil melioration of Jutland. Early life and family Dalgas was born on 16 July 1828 in Naples, where his father Jean Antoine was the ...

(1916) and Christian von Lüttichau (1918). He also completed decorative work at Christiansborg Palace in Copenhagen (1928). Many of Bundgaard's original plaster models can be seen in the Thingbæk Kalkminer Museum, a former mine near the Rebild National Park."Anders Bundgaard"
''Den Store Danske''. Retrieved 20 February 2012.

Personal life

In 1894, he married Elisabeth Kabell (1874-1957). Bundgaard was made a knight in the Order of the Danneborg. He died at

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. He was buried at Gravlev kirkegard in Rebild Municipality.

Selected works

*''Gefion Fountain'', Copenhagen (1908) *''Granskende pige'', Copenhagen (1934) *''Cimber Bull'', Aalborg (1937)

References

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Biography

Personal life

Selected works

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