Carl Aarsleff

Carl Aarsleff studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Copenhagen Technical College. Training under Niels Waldemar Fjeldskov is recorded. Sofus Madsen and Einar Utzon-Frank are recorded as having studied under Carl Aarsleff. The recorded working language is Danish. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Residence is recorded at Nyborg. Employment is recorded with Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Distinctions recorded are Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.

• Name — Carl Aarsleff • Born — 14 August 1852 • Birthplace — Nyborg • Died — 4 January 1918 • Place of death — Copenhagen • Known for — Sculptor • Training — Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts • Movement — Naturalism • Awards — Order of the Dannebrog

Aarsleff was born in Nyborg on the island of Funen. He trained as a wood carver with his father before going to Copenhagen where he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1872. He graduated from the Academy in 1876. At the same time working in the studios of Theobald Stein, Vilhelm Bissen and Jens Adolf Jerichau. In 1876, he won the Academy's small gold medal and in 1880, its large gold medal. In 1881, he went abroad on a travel grant to further his studies, visiting Paris, Italy and Greece. In 1890 he became a member of the Academy Council. He was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1901 and from 1914 to 1917 served as its director. Aarsleff's production of own works was relatively slow to get off the ground. He is best known for a number of statues and statuettes of young adults in a style influenced by Bertel Thorvaldsen and particularly by Jens Adolf Jerichau. He also made decorative works for several large architectural projects, including the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek. From 1900 to 1912, he was engaged with the restoration of the sarcophagus of Margaret I of Denmark at Roskilde Cathedral. • Illustration — Mads Lerches Gård at Østfyns Museer in Nyborg He became a Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog in 1912. He died in Copenhagen and was buried at Søllerød Kirkegård.

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