Lise Ring

Lise Ring (born 1936) is a Danish sculptor who has been active in the country's art organizations. Working with stone, concrete, wood and silver, she has created naturalistic works depicting women, children and animals. Her organizational responsibilities have included selection judge and committee member for the Charlottenborg Exhibitions and chair of the Billedkunstnernes Forbund (Visual Artists Association) and of the Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund (Society of Female Artists).

Biography Born in Copenhagen on 22 April 1936, Lise Ring is the daughter of the rubber tyre specialist Oskar Alfred Hansen and the goldsmith Astrid Ring Christensen. After completing her school education at Hillerødgade School, she took up needlework and craftsmanship. In the 1950s, she played the banjo at the Cap Horn bar in Nyhavn, creating herbal tea mugs with portraits of those in the band. She went on to earn a living by becoming a model at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.