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August Vilhelm Saabye (7 August 1823 – 12 November 1916), also known as August Wilhelm Saabye, was a Danish sculptor.


Early life and education

Saabye was born in Skivholme, ,
Aarhus Aarhus (, , ; officially spelled Århus from 1948 until 1 January 2011) is the second-largest city in Denmark and the seat of Aarhus Municipality. It is located on the eastern shore of Jutland in the Kattegat sea and approximately northwest ...
, the son of vicar Erhard Saabye (1778–1851) and Susanna Schmidt (1785–1856). He competed as an individual for the Neuhausen Prize in 1854 and although he did not win, his work was praised so that he obtained the support of Herman Wilhelm Bissen and his father's permission to take up sculpture. He studied at the Copenhagen Academy of Fine Arts and then worked in Bissen's studio, learning the neoclassical tradition of
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. He initially undertook art and design work, then produced small bronzes, reliefs and portrait busts, with elaborate detail and embossing. Saabye went to Rome via Paris in 1855, staying there until 1865, learning more about the sculptures of antiquity. Here he started producing larger statues.


Career

Saabye was made a member of the Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1871. His pupils included Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen who studied with him from 1882, and
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. A major breakthrough and international recognition came in 1883 with what art historian describes as the "elegant nude figure" in marble of '' Susanna Before the Council''. His most popular work is ''
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'' of 1887 in the Rosenborg Castle Gardens, Copenhagen. In 1888 he was appointed Professor at the Art School for Women in Copenhagen.


Private life

Saabye married Anna Pauline Hansen (1822–1867) on 26 October 1858 in Rome. They had one son, engineer and entrepreneur Johannes Saabye (1860–1946). Bendtsen & Vinding 1979–84. After his wife's death in Copenhagen, he married Hanne Louise Augusta Baroness Haxthausen (1831–1911) on 29 September 1869, also in Copenhagen. August Saabye died on 12 November 1916 and is buried in Garnisons Cemetery, Copenhagen.


See also

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Danish sculpture Danish sculpture as a nationally recognized art form can be traced back to 1752 when Jacques Saly was commissioned to execute a statue of King Frederick V of Denmark on horseback. While Bertel Thorvaldsen was undoubtedly the country's most promi ...


References

Citations – books * * Self-published but thoroughly referenced. * * * Web page * With photo.


External links


August Saabye in Art Index Denmark
Navigation in English, many details in Danish. The site is the central register of artworks and artists in the collections of Danish state-owned and state-subsidised museums and also links to . {{DEFAULTSORT:Saabye, August 1823 births 1916 deaths Danish sculptors Danish male artists People from Aarhus Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni 20th-century sculptors 19th-century sculptors Male sculptors Burials at the Garrison Cemetery, Copenhagen