# Rasmus Andersen > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rasmus_Andersen > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Rasmus_Andersen.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_Andersen > Source revision: 1356775713 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Danish sculptor (1861–1930)}} {{Infobox artist | name = Rasmus Andersen | image = Rasmus Andersen.png | caption = Rasmus Morten Andersen (c. 1900) | birth_name = Rasmus Morten Andersen | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1861|9|25}} | birth_place = [Ørting](/source/%C3%98rting), [Denmark](/source/Denmark) | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1930|2|28|1861|9|25}} | death_place = [Frederiksberg](/source/Frederiksberg), Denmark | awards = [Eckersberg Medal](/source/Eckersberg_Medal) (1900)
[Order of the Dannebrog](/source/Order_of_the_Dannebrog) (1917) [Danish Medal of Merit](/source/Medal_of_Merit_(Denmark)) (1918) | signature = Rasmus Morten Andersen signature.jpg | resting_place = [Solbjerg Park Cemetery](/source/Solbjerg_Park_Cemetery) }} '''Rasmus Morten Andersen''' (25 September 1861 – 28 February 1930) was a [Danish](/source/Denmark) [portrait](/source/portrait) sculptor, primarily of [busts](/source/Bust_(sculpture)), [statues](/source/Statue), and cast [reliefs](/source/Relief). He is best known for his [naturalistic](/source/Realism_(arts)) portraits of famous Danish men of his time.{{cite web|url=https://denstoredanske.lex.dk/Rasmus_Andersen|title=Rasmus Andersen |website= Danmarks Nationalleksikon|date=7 May 2020|access-date=January 1, 2021|last=Stensgaard Nielsen|first=Claudine|publisher=[Den Store Danske](/source/Den_Store_Danske)|language=da}} Andersen attended the [Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts](/source/Royal_Danish_Academy_of_Fine_Arts) from 1877 to 1884 and trained to become a sculptor at [Wilhelm Bissen](/source/Vilhelm_Bissen)'s studio, who influenced his style. Following his debut as an independent artist in 1882, Andersen's work was consistently exhibited in Denmark during his lifetime. He was awarded the [Eckersberg Medal](/source/Eckersberg_Medal), the Danish [Medal of Merit](/source/Medal_of_Merit_(Denmark)), and made a member of the [Order of the Dannebrog](/source/Order_of_the_Dannebrog). ==Career== Andersen initially trained as a [wood carver](/source/Wood_carving), and was an apprentice to C.A. Blichfeldt and A. Nielsen.{{cite web|url=http://www.kolding.dk/data/0024847.asp?sid=20140&uid=20154|title=Rasmus M. Andersen|accessdate=2012-05-22|archive-date=2007-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610204535/http://www.kolding.dk/data/0024847.asp?sid=20140&uid=20154|url-status=dead|date=13 December 2006|website=[Kolding Municipality](/source/Kolding_Municipality)|language=da}}{{cite web|url=https://trap.lex.dk/Rasmus_Andersen|title=Rasmus Andersen|language=da|publisher=[Trap Danmark](/source/Trap_Danmark)|accessdate=2012-05-22|date=1 January 1994|website=Danmarks Nationalleksikon|via=Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon}} He also trained with the illustrator and [still life](/source/still_life) artist {{Interlanguage link|Oluf August Hermansen|lt=|da|O.A. Hermansen}}. He was first recorded at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1877, from which he graduated on 24 March 1884. While at the academy, he worked in [Vilhelm Bissen](/source/Vilhelm_Bissen)'s workshop where he carved marble and sculpted. Andersen's artistic commitment to realistically representing his subjects is attributed to Bissen's influence. He also was employed in the workshops of artists [Theobald Stein](/source/Theobald_Stein) and {{Interlanguage link|Christian Carl Peters|da}}. Andersen had his debut at the [Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition](/source/Charlottenborg_Spring_Exhibition) in 1882. He won the Academy's small gold medal for the relief ''Eumaios'' in 1884. In 1886, he traveled in [Germany](/source/Germany). Over the winter of 1889–1890 he traveled through [Southern Europe](/source/Southern_Europe), spending particular time in [France](/source/France) and [Italy](/source/Italy).{{Cite web|last=Sørensen|first=Anette|date=2026-05-26|title=Rasmus Andersen|url=https://weilbach.lex.dk/Rasmus_Andersen|access-date=2026-05-29|website=Danmarks Nationalleksikon|publisher=Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon|language=da}} He participated in the [World's Columbian Exposition](/source/World's_Columbian_Exposition) in 1893 as well as a number of major Danish exhibitions. Throughout his career, he specialized in portraits, both in the form of statues, busts and medallions. His statue of [Enrico Dalgas](/source/Enrico_Dalgas) was awarded the [Eckersberg Medal](/source/Eckersberg_Medal) in 1900 and a bronze cast of it was erected in [Aarhus](/source/Aarhus) in 1901. Andersen worked as a conservator at the Art Academy's cast collection until 1905 and at [Thorvaldsens Museum](/source/Thorvaldsens_Museum) from 1893 until his death. He was also a member of the [Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition](/source/Charlottenborg_Spring_Exhibition)'s committee from 1914–1917. ==Personal life== Rasmus Andersen was born in [Ørting](/source/%C3%98rting), Denmark on 25 September 1861. His parents were Johanne Mortensen and carpenter Niels Andersen. Andersen married Karen Sofie Nielsen (1864–1929) on 2 November 1888 in Mygind. The couple had three daughters: Gerda Andersen, Valborg Andersen, and Karen Margrethe Andersen. He died at Frederiksberg and was buried in [Solbjerg Park Cemetery](/source/Solbjerg_Park_Cemetery).{{cite web|url=http://www.gravsted.dk/person.php?navn=rasmusmortenandersen|title=Rasmus Andersen|language=da|publisher=gravsted.dk|accessdate=19 December 2018}} ==Selected works== During his lifetime, his works were exhibited at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, the Nordisk Kunstudstilling, the [World's Columbian Exposition](/source/World's_Columbian_Exposition), the 1901 Exhibition at [Copenhagen City Hall](/source/Copenhagen_City_Hall), and the [Danish National Exhibition of 1909](/source/Danish_National_Exhibition_of_1909). His work was postumously shown shortly after his death at the {{Interlanguage link|Kunstnerforeningen af 18. november|lt=Kunstnerforeningen of 18 November|da}}. Andersen's notable works include:{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturarv.dk/kid/VisWeilbach.do;jsessionid=E3D5DF0F100123D251071E1076ABC6A7?kunstnerId=1244&wsektion=vaerker|title=Rasmus Andersen - værker|language=da|publisher=Kunstindeks Danmark|accessdate=2012-05-22}} {{div col}} {{no col break| ===Busts=== * Hans Krüger (1884, [Ribe](/source/Ribe)) * [Theobald Stein](/source/Theobald_Stein) (1890, bronze for [Frederiksborg Museum](/source/Frederiksborg_Castle), marble 1903 for [Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek](/source/Ny_Carlsberg_Glyptotek)) * [H. A. Brendekilde](/source/H._A._Brendekilde) (plaster 1901, Fyns Kunstmuseum) * [Frederik VIII](/source/Frederick_VIII_of_Denmark) (marble 1908, [Frederiksborg Museum](/source/Frederiksborg_Museum)) * [Wilhelm Wiehe](/source/Wilhelm_Wiehe) (marble 1924, [Royal Danish Theatre](/source/Royal_Danish_Theatre); original model at the [Theatre Museum in the Court Theatre](/source/Theatre_Museum_in_the_Court_Theatre)) * [Christian X](/source/Christian_X) (DFDS.) * [Hendrik Pontoppidan](/source/Hendrik_Pontoppidan) (1903, Aarhus) * [Christen Thomsen Barfoed](/source/Christen_Thomsen_Barfoed) ([Landbohøjskole](/source/Royal_Veterinary_and_Agricultural_University)) * Harald Viggo Stockfleth (Landbohøjskole) * [Emil Rostrup](/source/Emil_Rostrup) (Landbohøjskole) * Anton Marius Theodor Westermann (Landbohøjskole) * Otto Vaupell (Kolding Slotsbanke) * [Wilhelm Johannsen](/source/Wilhelm_Johannsen) ([Botanisk Laboratorium](/source/University_of_Copenhagen_Botanical_Garden)) * [Christen Berg](/source/Christen_Berg) ([Bogø](/source/Bog%C3%B8)) * Ludvig Schrøder }} {{no col break| ===Reliefs=== * Otto Vaupell ([Kolding](/source/Kolding), 1900) * J.P. Michelsen ([Herning](/source/Herning)) * Sigurd Berg ([Skjern](/source/Skjern%2C_Denmark), 1923) }} {{no col break| ===Statues=== * [Hans Christian Andersen](/source/Hans_Christian_Andersen), [Chicago](/source/Chicago) (1889) * E.V. Dalgas, [Aarhus](/source/Aarhus) (1901, executed 1900) * J.C. la Cour, [Lyngby](/source/Lyngby) (1903) * L. Brockenhuus-Schack, [Svendborg](/source/Svendborg) (1904) * [Carl Frederik Tietgen](/source/Carl_Frederik_Tietgen), [Sankt Annæ Plads](/source/Sankt_Ann%C3%A6_Plads), Copenhagen (1905 at [Børsen](/source/B%C3%B8rsen)) * Chresten Berg, [Kolding](/source/Kolding) (1906) * [Christian IX](/source/Christian_IX_of_Denmark), [Nykøbing Mors](/source/Nyk%C3%B8bing_Mors), (1909) * Lensbaron Zytphen-Adeler, [Faarevejle](/source/Faarevejle) (1928) }} {{div col end}} == Gallery == File:Hans Andreasen Krüger, Ribe 2023.jpg|Bust of Hans Andreasen Krüger (1884) in Ribe File:Otto Vaupell, Koldinghus relief.jpg|Relief of Otto Vaupell (1900) near [Koldinghus](/source/Koldinghus) File:Carl Frederik Tietgen Sankt Annæ Plads.jpg|Statue of [Carl Frederik Tietgen](/source/Carl_Frederik_Tietgen) (1905) at [Sankt Annæ Plads](/source/Sankt_Ann%C3%A6_Plads) in [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen) File:C. Berg, Kolding 2025 c.jpg|Statue of [Christen Berg](/source/Christen_Berg) (1906) in [Kolding](/source/Kolding) ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Andersen, Rasmus Morten}} Category:1861 births Category:1930 deaths Category:People from Odder Municipality Category:Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni Category:20th-century Danish sculptors Category:Danish male sculptors Category:20th-century Danish male artists Category:19th-century Danish sculptors Category:19th-century Danish male artists Category:Recipients of the Medal of Merit (Denmark) Category:Recipients of the Eckersberg Medal Category:Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Rasmus Andersen](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_Andersen) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rasmus_Andersen?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). 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