Einar Utzon-Frank
Aksel (Axel) Einar (Ejnar) Utzon-Frank (30 March 1888 – 15 July 1955) was a Danish sculptor and professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. During his lifetime, he produced many sculptures, some of which stand as public monuments. Utzon-Frank was son of Jens Christian Frank and Anna Cathrine Utzon. Anna Cathrine was sister to the grandfather of Pritzker Prize-winning architect Jørn Utzon.
Career
[edit]Einar Utzon-Frank was born in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen in 1888,[2] the son of Jens Christian Frank and Anna Cathrine Utzon.[3]
Utzon-Frank began his artistic life as a painter but changed direction to become a sculptor.[4] He was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1906,[5] where he became a close friend of the somewhat older Kai Nielsen. However, the two friends followed diverging paths through their creative careers, with Nielsen following a lush modernism in contrast to Utzon-Frank's clear, cool classical style which follows the tradition of Bertel Thorvaldsen.[6]
From 1912 to 1913 Utzen-Frank travelled around Europe, visiting Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Florence, Rome, Naples, Paestum, Paris and later Italy, Greece and England,[7] and many of the classical influences from his travels are evident in his work.
At the end of the 1930s he was commissioned to recast the Equestrian statue of Christian V — originally erected between 1687 and 1688 on Kongens Nytorv and made from gilded lead by Abraham-César Lamoureux[8]— in bronze, which he did between 1939 and 1942.[9] His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[10]
Academia
[edit]In 1918 at the age of 30, Utzon-Frank was appointed a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Art in Copenhagen, a post in which he remained until 1955.[4] In his teaching, he laid emphasis on solid craftsmanship skills. He was a teacher and educator of great importance and came to dominate several generations of sculptors, including Henry Heerup, Sigrid Lütken, Janus Kamban, Anne Marie Carl-Nielsen, Gestur Þorgrímsson[11] and Douglas Robertson Bisset.[12]
Private life
[edit]Utzon-Frank married Gerda Harriet Margrete Christensen on 4 December 1908.[6] Their daughter Grete Utzon Frank was born on 8 February 1909 in Copenhagen, and she married painter and author William Flemming Bergsøe on 21 March 1930.[13]
Works
[edit]His best-known works include:[4]
- Knælende Aphrodite (1916)
- Atalante (1919), depicting the woman Atalanta from Greek mythology. This bronze statue is placed in the central park of Rådhusparken in Aarhus.
- Slangedræber, the Police Headquarters, Copenhagen (1924)
- Beatrice as poesiens genius, Dantesøjlen, Copenhagen (1924), sold in 2003 for 28,000 DKK[14]
- Sarkofag for Frederik VIII, Roskilde Cathedral, Roskilde, Denmark
- Hamlet Memorial Grave, Marienlyst Park, Helsingør (1926)[15]
- Erik of Pomerania (1926)
- Youth, Enghaveparken, Copenhagen (1933)
- The Weather Girls, Richshuset, Copenhagen (1936)
- Knud the Holy, Odense, Denmark (1944)
- Christian X (Equestrian statue), Sankt Annæ Plads, Copenhagen (1954)
- Thorvaldsen (1953)
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ "Vom Bürkliplatz zur Sukkulenten-Sammlung" (PDF) (in German). Arboretum Zürich. May 2006. Retrieved 2015-01-15.
- ^ Kulturarvsstyrelsen. "Artist: Einar Utzon-Frank". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ Anette Sørensen. "Einar Utzon-Frank - Genealogy". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ^ a b c "Einar Utzon-Frank". gravsted.dk. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ Anette Sørensen. "Einar Utzon-Frank - Education". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ^ a b Anette Sørensen. "Einar Utzon-Frank - Biography". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ^ Anette Sørensen. "Einar Utzon-Frank - Travel". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 2008-09-14.
- ^ Hjalmar Friis (1933), Rytterstatuens historie i Europa fra oldtiden indtil Thorvaldsen (in Danish), Copenhagen: Gyldendal
- ^ Vagn Poulsen; Erik Lassen; Jan Danielsen, eds. (1973), "Abraham-César Lamoureux", Dansk kunsthistorie: Billedkunst og skulptur (in Danish), vol. 2, Copenhagen: Politikens Forlag, p. 311
- ^ "Einar Utzon-Frank". Olympedia. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
- ^ "Gestur Þorgrímsson - "Tvíund"". Exhibitions Hafnarborg. 2007. Archived from the original on 2007-08-30. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ Gary Nisbet. "Douglas Bisset (1908-2000)". Glasgow - City of Sculpture. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ Tom Smidth (2007). "Maler Og Forfatter Flemming Vilhelm Bergsøe". Slægtsside for Tom Smidth. Retrieved 2008-09-16.
- ^ "Recent Lots at Auction for Ejnar Utzon-Frank". Artinfo. Retrieved 2008-09-15.
- ^ Anette Sørensen. "Einar Utzon-Frank - Artworks". Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 2019-11-26.
- 1888 births
- 1955 deaths
- 20th-century Danish sculptors
- 20th-century medallists
- Danish medallists
- Artists from Frederiksberg
- Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni
- Academic staff of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
- Directors of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts
- Recipients of the Thorvaldsen Medal
- Recipients of the Eckersberg Medal
- Olympic competitors in art competitions
- Danish male sculptors
- Burials at Vestre Cemetery, Copenhagen
- 20th-century Danish male artists