Peter Rosing (artist)

Peter Fallentin Rosing (born June 7, 1871 in Kangaamiut , † November 18, 1938 there ) was a Greenland artist and councilor .

Life

Peter Rosing was the son of the Danish colonial administrator Peter Frederik Rosing (1835-1911) and his Greenlandic wife, the midwife Haldora Helene Margrethe Caroline Petrussen (1842-1901). His brothers included the missionary Christian Rosing (1866–1944) and the Provincial Councilor Karl Rosing (1878–?). His first marriage was Sara Katrine Helene Dahl (1875–1935) on July 25, 1893 in Kangaamiut. After her death, he married Cæcilie Inger Sofie Olsen (1907–?), Who was not even 30 years old, in his second marriage on May 21, 1936 at the age of 65. His nephews include Peter Rosing (1892–1965) and Otto Rosing (1896–1965).

Peter Rosing was a hunter by profession. On the side he was one of the first Greenlanders to carve art out of sperm whale teeth . His works mostly show people and always a plot and they often consist of several characters. His representation of the legend of Kaassassuk consists of 22 individual figures that have been attached to a cryolite plate . Peter Rosing's works are considered to be extremely meticulous and detailed and Peter Rosing is one of the best bone and stone carvers in Greenland.

From 1911 to 1916 he was a member of the first South Greenland State Council . Only in 1914 did he not take part in the meeting, like all members from the three northern constituencies. Peter Rosing died in 1938 at the age of 67 in his hometown.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Peter Rosing in Weilbach's artist lexicon
2. ↑ Axel Kjær Sørensen: Denmark-Greenland in the Twentieth Century (= Meddelelser om Grønland . Man and Society. 34). Danish Polar Center, Copenhagen 2006, ISBN 87-90369-89-0 , ( digital copy (PDF; 3.35 MB) ).