Thomas Bærentzen

Thomas Vilhelm Bærentzen (1869-1936) was a Danish sculptor. He created the large relief above the main entrance of Odense Theatre in Odense as well as reliefs on a number of churches. He was for a while married to the writer Emma Bærentzen in the 1910s.

Thomas Bærentzen
Born
Thomas Vilhelm Bærentzen

(1869-04-06)6 April 1869
Copenhagen, Denmark
Died23 April 1936(1936-04-23) (aged 67)
Frederiksberg, Denmark
Known forSculpting

Early life and education

Bærentzen was born in Copenhagen, the son of captain and later navel commander and city councillor Alexander Christian Riber Bærentzen (1830-1920) and Anna Rosa Elise Magnussen (1841-1920).

He studied drawing privately in Frederik Hammeleff's studio. He enrolled at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1887 but left it again in 1889 and was instead educated privately in Stephan Sinding's studio until 1891. Bærentzen visited Paris together with his teacher and fellow students in 1890. He later made study trips to Greece, Spain, Turkey, North Africa and Italy where he lived from 1821 to 1925.

Career

Bærentzen was for the first time represented on the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1889. He was later also represented on exhibitions in Rome, Malmö and Paris. He was a secretary for Selskabet for dekorativ kunst og udstilling af Skønvirke from 1905 to 1910 and president of the Scandinavian Society in Rome for about a year.

He created the large relief above the main entrance to Odense Theatre and has also created reliefs for a number of churches in Copenhagen and Odense.[1] He also created a large number statuettes and portrait busts.[2]

He received awards from the Art Academy in 1902 and 1903 and Det Ancherske Legat in 1911.

Personal life

Bærentzen married twice. His first wife was the writer Emma Bærentzen. They married on 19 March 1913 in the Church of the Holy Ghost in Copenhagen but divorced in 1917. He then married Johanne Bay (1878-1973) in 1924.[3]

Bærentzen died on 23 April 1936. He is buried in Herfølge Cemetery but his grave has been removed.

Selected works
  • Relief on St. Andrew's Church
  • Relief on Christ Church, Copenhagen

References
  1. "Thomas Bærentzen". nordenskirker.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  2. "Thomas Bærentzen". gravsted.dk (in Danish). Retrieved 31 March 2018.
  3. "Bærentzen Emma". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 31 March 2018.
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