Just Andersen

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Just Andersen

Just Andersen (born July 13, 1884 in Godhavn , Greenland , † December 11, 1943 in Glostrup , Denmark ) was a Danish sculptor and silversmith .

Life

family

Andersen's parents were Martha Elisabeth Ingeborg Carlsen and Niels Alfred Andersen . His father was an inspector and shift supervisor in North Greenland, where Just Andersen spent the first ten years of his life. In 1894 he moved with his family to Denmark, where his father died in 1900. In Søllerø he married on October 5, 1915 Alba Mathilde Lykke (born April 13, 1882 in Copenhagen , † December 28, 1953 in Gentofte ), who worked as a chaser for Mogens Ballin and later for his friend Georg Arthur Jensenworked. In 1935 he separated from Alba. In 1938 Andersen married again, this time the interior designer Esther Nielsine Jakobine Petersen (born November 14, 1891 in Ebeltoft , † September 28, 1973 in Copenhagen).

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Bronze vase from the 1930s, Metropolitan Museum of Art

Andersen received a three-year training as an ornament sculptor from Hans Christian Lamberg Petersen. In 1910 he studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Art . In 1912 he studied with Jens Møller-Jensen at the School of Arts and Crafts (now the Danish Design School ) in Copenhagen.

In his early years, Andersen made designs for the silversmith Georg Arthur Jensen, the jeweler Anton Michelsen and the goldsmith Peter Hertz. After three years of working on an altar in the Copenhagen Sacrament Church under the direction of Mogens Ballin, he opened the Just Andersen Zinn company in 1918 , where, in addition to gold and silver jewelry, he also found items in neoclassical Scandinavian design such as candlesticks, vases, chandeliers, wall lights and table lamps or made sculptures out of tin , brass , copper , bronze and disco . Stylistically, his works belonged to the Art Deco movement. The disco metal, which is similar to bronze after a subsequent surface treatment, but is cheaper, is an alloy of lead and antimony invented by Andersen and named after the Disko Bay in Greenland where he grew up.

In 1929 he converted his company into a stock corporation. In 1934 Andersen designed cutlery for Jensen. In addition to his metalwork, Andersen also made ceramic items and ceramic sculptures. From 1940 he created a series of statuettes Nexø - sandstone and cement.

After his death in 1943, Andersen's widow continued the workshop together with the artistic director Ellen Schlanbusch (* 1902, † 2005). The company closed after the widow's death in 1973.

Scholarships

  • Heinrich Hirschsprung 1920
  • Diplome d'Honneur, Rio de Janeiro 1923
  • Paris 1925
  • Barcelona Grand Prix 1929
  • Bruxelles 1935
  • Paris 1937

Exhibitions

Andersen had his own showrooms in Berlin , London , New York and Los Angeles . His work has been shown at the following exhibitions:

  • Charl. Forår 1911 (debut as a painter), 1914, 1916–1920, 1924
  • Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling 1914, 1916–1917
  • Berlin 1914
  • Liljevalchs Konsthall , Stockholm 1918
  • World exhibitions , from 1918
  • Soransk Art, Sorø 1936
  • Solo exhibition at Designmuseum Danmark , Copenhagen 1930
  • The art museum in Vejen shows three of Andersen's statuettes; Fuglunge , Havmand og havfrue (1941) and Kvinde med krukke .
  • The Galleri B in Roskilde has a permanent exhibit exhibits by Just Andersen.

Web links

Commons : Category: Just Andersen  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Just Andersen. Works by the artist in Danish museums. In: Weilbach's artist dictionary
  2. ↑ Lars Ahn Pedersen: Roskilde he Just Andersen-land. In: Dagbladet Roskilde, May 15, 2013.
personal data
SURNAME Andersen, Just
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish sculptor and silversmith
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Godhavn , Greenland
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1943
Place of death Glostrup , Denmark