Rikard Magnussen

Rikard Magnussen (2 April 1885 26 May 1948) was a Danish sculptor and writer.

Early life and education Magnussen was born on 2 April 1885 in Copenhagen, the son of bookkeeper Sophus Oscar Magnussen (18491926) and Christiane Marie Weybøll (18531930). He completed his schooling in 1903. He was then trained as a sculptor, first for eight months under Elna Borch in 1904 and then under Stephan Sinding. He later worked on an off for Vilhelm Bissen 1913.

Career Magnussen was a strong defender of the naturalistic style at a time when modernism came to play a still more dominant role on the art scene.

He was a member of Charlottenborg's censor committee and a board member both of Dansk Billedhugger Samfund, Kunstforeningen af 18. November and Foreningen for National Kunst, He was an art critic at København (192026), Nationaltidende and other newspapers. He was a member of Foreningen til Hovedstadens Forskønnelse in 192842 and served as its president in 1929–34.

List of works

Munken og evighedsfuglen (gips, uexhibited 1908) Martin Luther (plaster, 1915) Den gode Hyrde (plaster, 1919) Pygmalion og Galathea (exhibited 1919)

Public art, monuments and memorials Ole Syversen Monument, Fælledparken, Copenhagen Frederik Ditlev Reventlow, Horslunde (1017) Emil Piper Memorial, Kongens Lyngby (1928) Sophie Magdalene, Hørsholm Slotspark, Hørsholm (1932) Frederik VIII and Louise, Charlottenlund Slotspark, Charlottenlund (1938) Christian, Count Moltke, Vallø Castle Park (1942)

Portrait busts Jacob Texière (plaster, 1907) Juliette Price (1910, marble, Royal Danish Theatre) Th. Skat Rørdam (plaster, 1911–12) August Krogh (1918, bronze, Zoological Laboratory, University of Copenhagen) C.A. Olesen (1921, bronze, Danish Distillers) Harald Kidde (plaster, 1925) Søren Kierkegaard (1929)