Ludvig Brandstrup

Ludvig Brandstrup studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Alhed Larsen is recorded as having studied under Ludvig Brandstrup. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Work by Ludvig Brandstrup is recorded in the collections of Nationalmuseum, Nivaagaard Museum and Hirschsprung Collection. Distinctions recorded are Eckersberg Medal, De Neuhausenske Præmier, Thorvaldsen Medal and Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog.

• Name — Ludvig Brandstrup • Born — 17 August 1861 • Birthplace — Tranekær, Denmark • Died — 13 May 1935 • Place of death — Copenhagen, Denmark • Field — Sculpting • Resting Place — Vestre Kirkegård • Education — Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts • Awards — Thorvaldsen Medal (1899) Eckersberg Medal (1919)

Brandstrup was born in Tranekær on the Danish island of Langeland. He was the son of Laurits Christian Frederik Michael Brandstrup (1812–1900) and Johanne Kirstine Fenger (1820–98). Brandstrup attended Sorø Academy before training for five years as a carpenter with Severin and Andreas Jensen in Copenhagen, after which he spent a year studying in the sculptor Vilhelm Bissen's studio in 1884 where he learnt the art of sculpting marble in the Thorvaldsen style. He then spent a short period at Copenhagen Technical College from where he entered the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1885, graduating in 1888.

He first exhibited at the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1886 before winning the Neuhausen Medal in 1889 for a portrait of Frederik Ludvig Liebenberg. In 1899, he was awarded the Thorvaldsen Medal for the Equestrian statue of Christian IX which stands on the central square in Esbjerg. In 1890 he first travelled to Italy with an academy scholarship, and from 1893 to 1894 he was again in Florence on a two-year study period. During his journeys to Italy, he was inspired by the Florentine Renaissance style, especially Donatello's work. The influence of the Classical style can be seen in his Atlante (1903) and Psyke (1921). Brandstrup became one of his generation's best portraitists, often receiving orders from the brewer Carl Jacobsen. His sensitive work includes busts of the artist Vilhelm Kyhn (c. 1889), the art historian Julius Lange (1896), the philosopher Harald Høffding (1900) and a double bust of Carl Jacobsen and his wife Ottilia (1904). Other important works include statues of Ottilia Jacobsen (Glyptoteket, 1905), the jurist Georg Morville in Viborg and the astronomer Ole Rømer at the Technical University of Denmark in Copenhagen.

He was married in 1894 to Bertha Nancy Hirschsprung (1873–1918). After the death of his first wife, he was married in 1926 to Johanne Sofie Frederikke Hais Madsen (1872–1960).

• Busts of Carl and Ottilia Jacobsen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen (1904) • Bust of Andreas Peter Weis, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen (1930) • Bust of Peter Lange-Müller, Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen (1931) • Bust of Julius Lange, Danish National Gallery, Copenhagen (1896)

• Christian IX, Esbjerg (1889) • Christian IX Memorial, Holstebro (1906) • Georg Morville, Viborg Museum, Viborg (1910) • Georg Zoëga, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen (1910) • Peter Buhl Memorial, Fredericia (1912) • Natalie Zahle, Ørstedsparken, Copenhagen (1916) • Ole Rømer, Kroppedal Museum, Vridskøselille (1917) • Carl Jacobsen, Carlsberg, Copenhagen (1921)

• Illustration — Christian IX Esbjerg (1889) • Illustration — Georg Morville Viborg (1910) • Illustration — Georg Zoëga Copenhagen (1910) • Illustration — Peter Buhl Memorial Fredericia (1912) • Illustration — Natalie Zahle Copenhagen (1916) • Illustration — Ole Rømer Vridsløselille (1917) • Illustration — Carl Jacobsen Copenhagen (1921)