Jens Adolf Jerichau
Danish sculptor (1816-1883) · Denmark · On the map · Artists · Died at 67
Emil Jens Baumann Adolf Jerichau was a Danish sculptor. He belonged to the generation immediately after Bertel Thorvaldsen, for whom he worked briefly in Rome, but gradually moved away from the static Neoclassicism he inherited from him and towards a more dynamic and realistic style.
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He was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and its director from 1857 to 1863.
