Louis Hasselriis (12 January 1844 – 20 May 1912) was a Danish sculptor known for his public statuary.

Early life and education

Hasselriis was born in

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. He attended the

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in 1859–66 and won the small gold medal in 1868 for ''David forbereder sig til kamp med Goliath''.

Career

Hasselriis had his debut at the Charlottenborg Exhibition in 1863. From 1869 and for the rest of his life he lived in Rome, but retained strong links with his homeland and also with the USA. In Denmark he created a statue of

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for

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and memorials to national heroes such as Peder Griffenfeld (Copenhagen) and Hans Christian Andersen (

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)). A copy of his Hans Christian Andersen statue exists in

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. His memorial to Heinrich Heine marks the poet's grave in Montparnasse cemetery in Paris. A full size statue of the German-Jewish poet was also created for

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. After her death it was removed from its original location by the antisemitic Kaiser

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, and was rejected when offered to the city of Hamburg. With the rise of the Nazis, it was moved out of Germany to be erected in the

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.University of Hamburg, Heine
/ref> Though it survived the war, other Hasselriis statues were melted down to make munitions.

Gallery

File:Royal Library Garden - Søren Kierkegaard.jpg, Søren Kierkegaard statue, Royal Library Garden Copenhagen (1879, installed) File:Vinsugende satyrdreng.JPG, ''Wine-sucking Satyr'', Ørsted Park, Copenhagen (1888) File:Danmarksmonumentet.JPG , Denmark Monument, Østre Anlæg, Copenhagen (1897) File:Das Grab Heines.JPG, Tomb of Heinrich Heine designed by Hasselriis File:Statue Andersen by Louis Hasselriis Odense Denmark.jpg, Hans Christian Andersen, statue by Hasselriis in

(Andersen's birthplace), Denmark (1888)

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1844 births 1912 deaths 20th-century Danish sculptors Male sculptors 19th-century sculptors People from Hillerød Municipality Danish male artists 20th-century Danish male artists {{Denmark-sculptor-stub