Vilhelm Bissen
Christian Gottlieb Vilhelm Bissen | |
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Vilhelm Bissen by Frederik Riise | |
| Born | 5 August 1836 Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Died | 20 April 1913 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | Danish |
| Education | Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts |
| Known for | Sculptor |
| Movement | Neoclassicism (early works) Naturalism (later works) |
Christian Gottlieb Vilhelm Bissen (5 August 1836 – 20 April 1913) was a Danish sculptor. He was also a professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts with great influence on the next generation of Danish sculptors and for a while served as its director. Bissen was trained in the Neoclassical tradition from Bertel Thorvaldsen but after a stay in Paris around 1880, he was influenced by Naturalism. With the equestrian statue of Absalon he turned to Neo-romanticism.