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Jens Galschiøt

1954 - Today

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Jens Galschiøt (born 4 June 1954) is a Danish sculptor best known for the Pillar of Shame. Galschiøt moved to Odense in 1973, and in 1985 he opened a 2,000-square-metre (22,000 sq ft) combined foundry, studio, Gallery Galschiøt and sculpture park. In 1990, Galschiøt, Erik Mortensen and Jean Voigt, created the sculpture The Ringwearer's Jacket, which was commissioned by the Clothing Industry's Union of Denmark for Queen Margrethe II’s 50th birthday. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jens Galschiøt has received more than 83,166 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Jens Galschiøt is the 212th most popular sculptor (down from 182nd in 2019), the 486th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 412th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Danish Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Jens Galschiøt ranks 212 out of 258. Before him are Revaz Gabriadze, Barry Flanagan, Audrey Munson, Kārlis Zāle, Erwin Wurm, and W. J. Coffee. After him are Edmonia Lewis, Josef Václav Myslbek, Lola Mora, Yervand Kochar, Duane Hanson, and Franz West.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Jens Galschiøt ranks 329. Before him are Bill Joy, Patsy Reddy, Mumia Abu-Jamal, Malcolm Turnbull, Jaak Uudmäe, and Ruslan Aushev. After him are Phil Zimmermann, Balázs Taróczy, Francis Buchholz, Anthony Head, Doug Bradley, and Ken Stott.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jens Galschiøt ranks 486 out of 1,032. Before him are Katja K (1968), Ulla Pia (1945), Hannibal Sehested (1842), Nathaniel Wallich (1786), Niels Neergaard (1854), and Willy Hansen (1906). After him are Icel of Mercia (501), Jonas Vingegaard (1996), Ada Adler (1878), Christian Emil Krag-Juel-Vind-Frijs (1817), Christen Andreas Fonnesbech (1817), and Ebbe Sand (1972).

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Among SCULPTORS In Denmark

Among sculptors born in Denmark, Jens Galschiøt ranks 4. Before him are Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770), Olafur Eliasson (1967), and Robert Jacobsen (1912).

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