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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 77,977 page views. His biography is available in 17 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 16 in 2019). Jens Galschiøt is the 182nd most popular sculptor (down from 115th in 2019), the 414th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 266th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Danish Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Jens Galschiøt ranks 182 out of 189. Before him are Gregorio Fernández, David Černý, Antony Gormley, Kārlis Zāle, Fritz Wotruba, and Gerhard Marcks. After him are Jacob Epstein, Barry Flanagan, Ara Shiraz, W. J. Coffee, Rudolph Schadow, and Louise Nevelson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1954, Jens Galschiøt ranks 244. Before him are Friðrik Þór Friðriksson, Larry Van Kriedt, Bob Rock, Pushpa Kamal Dahal, Eliseo Salazar, and Bachendri Pal. After him are Ricardo Ferretti, Valery Gazzaev, Joseph Ngute, Jean Bourgain, Tim O'Reilly, and Karl-Heinz Körbel.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Jens Galschiøt ranks 414 out of 893. Before him are Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1864), Steen Steensen Blicher (1782), Peter Georg Bang (1797), Bodil Ipsen (1889), Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen (1826), and Jacob Ellehammer (1871). After him are Morten Thrane Brünnich (1737), Ellen Osiier (1890), Niels Neergaard (1854), Wilhelm Bendz (1804), Thorkild Hansen (1927), and Johan Nicolai Madvig (1804).

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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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