Rikard Magnussen
Rikard Magnussen was a Danish sculptor.
Early life and education
Magnussen was born on 2 April 1885 in Copenhagen, the son of bookkeeper Sophus Oscar M. and Christiane Marie Weybøll. 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, Nationaltidende and other newspapers. He was a member of Foreningen til Hovedstadens Forskønnelse in 192842 and served as its president in 1929–34.
His writings included his memoirs Billedhugger-Minder, monographies about Janus la Cour, Carl Bloch, Christian Molsted, Svend Hammershøi and Godfred Christensen as well as I Thorvaldsens Livsanskuelse about Bertel Thorvaldsen and Søren Kierkegaard set udefra. He was editor of National Kunst and Danmarks nationale Malerkunst.
Personal life
Magnussen married royal translator Ellen Reck, a daughter of military officer and businessman Anders Borch R. and Marie Johanne Jacobine Qvist, on 10 July 1912 in Hellerup. He was made a Knight in the Order of the Dannebrog in 1938. He died on 26 May 1948 in Copenhagen and is buried in the city's Western Cemetery.List of works
Munken og evighedsfuglen Martin Luther Den gode Hyrde- ''Pygmalion og Galathea''
Public art, monuments and memorials
- Ole Syversen Monument, Fælledparken, Copenhagen
- Frederik Ditlev Reventlow, Horslunde
- Emil Piper Memorial, Kongens Lyngby Sophie Magdalene, Hørsholm Slotspark, Hørsholm Frederik VIII and Louise, Charlottenlund Slotspark, Charlottenlund Christian, Count Moltke, Vallø Castle Park