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Hermann Ernst Freund (15 October 1786, in
Born near
''Den Store Danske''. Retrieved 3 February 2012. On returning to Copenhagen, he organized the decoration of Church of Our Lady, preparing models for the figures of the 12 apostles but in the end Thorvaldsen received the commission. His masterpiece, the Ragnarok Frieze, which occupied him for many years, was completed byJens Peter Munk, "Hermann Ernst Freund"
''Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon''. Retrieved 3 February 2012. The largest collection of his works is to be found at the Glyptotek in Copenhagen.Jens Peter Munk, "Hermann Ernst Freund"
''Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon''. Retrieved 3 February 2012. In 1829, Freund became a professor at the Academy. Inspired by time he spent in the south of Italy, Freund had his official home, Materialgaard, decorated in Pompeiian style. Young artists such as
File:Thor (1829) by H. E. Freund.jpg, Hermann Ernst Freund: ''Thor'' (1829)
File:Nordenskirker Faaborg17.jpg, Hermann Ernst Freund: Font in Faaborg Church
File:Odin (1825-1827) by H. E. Freund.jpg, Hermann Ernst Freund: ''Odin'' (1828)
File:Lars Pedersen af Sæbyes gravminde.jpg, Jens Pedersen Memorial at Sæby Church,
Images of The Ragnarok Frieze
{{DEFAULTSORT:Freund, Hermann Ernst Danish male artists 1786 births 1840 deaths Artists from Copenhagen Artists from Bremen Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni 19th-century Danish sculptors German emigrants to Denmark Academic staff of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Male sculptors 19th-century Danish male artists
Uthlede
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, Lower Saxony
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– 30 June 1840, in Copenhagen
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) was a German-born Danish sculptor. He is remembered in particular for his figures from Nordic mythology and for the Ragnarok Frieze.
Biography
Born near Bremen
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, Germany, Freund was trained as a smith before studying at the Art Academy
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in Copenhagen where he was awarded all four silver and gold medals. After graduating, he spent 10 years in Rome where he became Bertel Thorvaldsen
Bertel Thorvaldsen (; 19 November 1770 – 24 March 1844) was a Danish and Icelandic sculptor medalist of international fame, who spent most of his life (1797–1838) in Italy. Thorvaldsen was born in Copenhagen into a working-class Dani ...
's closest assistant as can be seen in his marble bust of Bernhard Severin Ingemann (1820). An early proponent of romantic nationalism
Romantic nationalism (also national romanticism, organic nationalism, identity nationalism) is the form of nationalism in which the state claims its political legitimacy as an organic consequence of the unity of those it governs. This includes ...
, Freund was the first Danish sculptor to work with Nordic mythology, creating 12 statuettes including Loki
Loki is a god in Norse mythology. According to some sources, Loki is the son of Fárbauti (a jötunn) and Laufey (mentioned as a goddess), and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. Loki is married to Sigyn and they have two sons, Narfi ...
(1822), Odin
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(bronze 1827) and Thor
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(1829), all inspired by ancient Greek and Roman mythological works."H.E. Freund"''Den Store Danske''. Retrieved 3 February 2012. On returning to Copenhagen, he organized the decoration of Church of Our Lady, preparing models for the figures of the 12 apostles but in the end Thorvaldsen received the commission. His masterpiece, the Ragnarok Frieze, which occupied him for many years, was completed by
Herman Wilhelm Bissen
Herman Wilhelm Bissen (13 October 1798 – 10 March 1868) was a Danish sculptor.
Biography
Bissen was born at Schleswig in the Duchy of Schleswig. He was the son of Christian Gottlieb Wilhelm Bissen (1766-1847), a farmer, and Anna Margreth ...
after his death but was later destroyed by the Christianborg fire in 1884. There is a plaster cast of part of the frieze in Statens Museum for Kunst
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The museum collects, registers, maintains, researches and han ...
.''Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon''. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
''Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon''. Retrieved 3 February 2012. In 1829, Freund became a professor at the Academy. Inspired by time he spent in the south of Italy, Freund had his official home, Materialgaard, decorated in Pompeiian style. Young artists such as
Georg Hilker
Georg Hilker (5 June 1807 – 13 January 1875) was a Danish decorative painter active during the Danish Golden Age in the first half of the 19th century. He collaborated with painter Constantin Hansen (1804–1880).
Early life and career
Hil ...
, Heinrich Eddelien, Constantin Hansen
Carl Christian Constantin Hansen (Constantin Hansen) (3 November 1804 – 29 March 1880) was one of the painters associated with the Golden Age of Danish Painting. He was deeply interested in literature and mythology, and inspired by art hist ...
and Christen Købke
Christen Schiellerup Købke (26 May 1810 – 7 February 1848) was a Danish painter, and one of the best known artists from the Golden Age of Danish Painting.
Childhood and early training
He was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. He was one of 11 ...
completed the work using Freund's designs.
Gallery
Hornsherred
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It falls within the expanded Frederikssund municipality and includes Jægerspris and Skibby and before 1 January 2007 a part of Bramsn ...
(1833)
See also
*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 prominen ...
* Mimir and Balder Consult the Norns
References
External links
Images of The Ragnarok Frieze
{{DEFAULTSORT:Freund, Hermann Ernst Danish male artists 1786 births 1840 deaths Artists from Copenhagen Artists from Bremen Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni 19th-century Danish sculptors German emigrants to Denmark Academic staff of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Male sculptors 19th-century Danish male artists