Jens Lund Jensen (6 February 1873 - 30 May 1946) was a

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sculptor.

Early life and education

Lund was born in 1983 in

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. He studied at the

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from 1896 to 1901. He also worked as an assistant in

Vilhelm Bissen Christian Gottlieb Vilhelm Bissen (5 August 1836 – 20 April 1913) was a Danish sculptor. He was also a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts with great influence on the next generation of Danish sculptors and for a while serv ...

's and

Anders Bundgaard Anders Bundgaard (7 August 1864 – 19 September 1937) was a Danish sculptor.An ...

's studios. He spent three months in Italy and four months in Paris in 1906. He visited Egypt, Greece and Italy on a grant from Ankers Legat in 1914 and Germany and Austria on a grant from Zacharias Jacobsens Legat in 1922. He also made a study trip to the Netherlands and Germany in 1930.

Career

He was represented at the

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in 1900 and 1902-08 as well as the Charlottenborg Autumn Exhibition in 1904-05 and 1907. He was a member of the

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from 1911. He was also represented at exhibitions in Brighton (1912), Stockholm (Liljevalch, 1919), Gothenburg (1923 and 1939), New York City (Brooklyn Museum, 1927), Oslo (1931). He was awarded the

Eckersberg Medal The Eckersberg Medal (originally the ''Akademiets Aarsmedaille'' or Annual Academy Medal) is an annual award of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. It is named after Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, known as the father of Danish painting. The Ec ...

in 1919 for a bust in oak ''Kunstgips Ferdinandsen'' and again in 1920 for ''Ægyptere''. Lund worked with restoration of sculptures at the

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from 1914. He was a member of Akademirådet from March 1922, a member of the Gallery Commission in 1923-29 and was chairman of the Society for Decorative Arts (''Selskabet for dekorativ kunst'') and the Sculptors Association (''Billedhuggerforeningen''), a board member of

and the Danish Sculptor Society (''Dansk billedhuggersamfund''). Jens Lund was knighted in the

Order of the Dannebrog The Order of the Dannebrog ( da, Dannebrogordenen) is a Danish order of chivalry instituted in 1671 by Christian V. Until 1808, membership in the order was limited to fifty members of noble or royal rank, who formed a single class known a ...

in 1934. He died at Copenhagen during 1946 and was buried at

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Selected works

* People in national costumesm

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(1910) * 12 craftsmen, Technical Institute, Copenahgen (1916–17) * Boundary Stone, Tuborgvej, Copenhagen (1926) * Water feature, Nordisk Livsforsikrings,

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, Copenhagen (1929, now Assurand.gård, Frederiksberg) * The Seasons,

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, Copenhagen (1929–31, moved) * ''Authumn'',

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/ Jagtvejen (1931), * Reunion Memorial, Ulkebøl, Als (1936)

Image gallery

Image:Copenhagen Central Station - Fanø.jpg, ''Fanø Woman''
Copenhagen Central Station Image:Copenhagen Central Station - Læsø.jpg, ''Læsø Woman''
Copenhagen Central Station Image:Copenhagen Central Station - Hedebo.jpg, ''Hedebo Woman''
Copenhagen Central Station Image:Copenhagen Central Station - Mols.jpg, ''Mols Man''
Copenhagen Central Station Image:Copenhagen Central Station - Ringkøbing.jpg, ''Ringkøbing Man''
Copenhagen Central Station Image:Copenhagen Central Station - Salling.jpg, ''Salling Man''
Copenhagen Central Station Image:Copenhagen Central Station - Samsø.jpg, ''Samsø Man''
Copenhagen Central Station Image:Copenhagen Central Station - Skovshoved.jpg, ''Skovshoved Woman''
Copenhagen Central Station Image:Copenhagen Central Station - Sydfyen.jpg, ''South Funen Woman''
Copenhagen Central Station Image:Copenhagen Central Station - Amager.jpg, ''Amager Man''
Copenhagen Central Station

References

External links

Jens Lund
at

Kunstindeks Danmark ''Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon'' (Weilbach's Biographical Dictionary of Artists) is a Danish biographical dictionary of artists and architects. The current edition, which is also freely accessible online, contains the biographies of some 8,000 Danis ...

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