Knud Rasmussen’s Bust

Forfattere

  • Jonathan Foote

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7146/periskop.v2026i36.172342

Resumé

Among the amendments proposed to the Finance Law of 1936-1937 was a request by Prime Minister Thorvald Stauning (1873-1942) to fund a life-size bust of the famous polar explorer, Knud Rasmussen (1879-1933). Carved from Greenland marble, the bust was executed by sculptor and violinmaker Niels Hansen (1869-1938) and offered to the Ministry of Greenland. Upon the recommendation
of the director of the National Gallery of Denmark (SMK), Leo Swane, the value was set at 2,500 kroner, making this a rather modest amendment to a national budget of nearly 400 million.

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Publiceret

2026-11-02

Citation/Eksport

Foote, J. (2026). Knud Rasmussen’s Bust. Periskop – Forum for Kunsthistorisk Debat, 2026(36), 151–155. https://doi.org/10.7146/periskop.v2026i36.172342

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