Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan

Hans Peder Pedersen-Dan (1 August 1859 – 21 April 1939) was a Danish sculptor.[1]

Photograph of Pedersen-Dan by Peter Elfelt.

Early life and education

Pedersen-Dan was born at Itzehoe in Schleswig-Holstein. He was the son of Ole Pedersen (1820-1902) and Elisabeth Sofie Johansen (1821-1890). After completing his stonemason's apprenticeship, he set out as a journeyman in 1878 to travel Europe. He lived in Rome between 1881 and 1887. He studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts of Copenhagen where he was awarded a gold metal in 1898. In 1890 he received the Academy scholarship and next year he spent in Paris.[2]

Career

Pedersen-Dans created a number of well-known sculptures. These include the Little Horn-Blower at City Hall Square in Copenhagen (bronze, 1899), the four granite elephants of the Elephant Gate at the Ny Carlsberg brewery in Valby (1901) and a statue of Ogier the Dane for the romantic gardens at Marienlyst House (bronze 1907).[2] The latter was later re-cast in artificial stone at placed in the dungeons underneath Kronborg Castle.[1]

He also designed a monument to Danish volunteers in World War I in Rueil-Malmaison in France and the four statues of queens of the Queens Gate at the new Christiansborg Palace.[1]

Personal life

Pedersen-Dan was married to Johanne Pedersen-Dan (1860–1934) who was an actress before she also turned to sculpturing, in 1888, training under Stephan Sinding. The couple adopted a girl, Rigmor. They lived in Hvidovre Rytterskole in Hvidovre from 1912. He became a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1898. He died at Hellerup in 1939.[1]

Works

See also

References
  1. "H.P. Pedersen-Dan". Kunstindeks Danmark/Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 1 January 2021.
  2. "H.P. Pedersen-Dan" (in Danish). Gyldendal. Retrieved 17 May 2012.

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