Lise Ring facts for kids

Lise Ring, born in 1936, is a talented Danish sculptor. She is known for creating beautiful artworks using materials like stone, concrete, wood, and silver. Her sculptures often show women, children, and animals in a natural and lifelike way. Lise Ring has also been very active in art groups in Denmark, helping to support other artists.

About Lise Ring

Lise Ring was born in Copenhagen, Denmark, on April 22, 1936. Her father, Oskar Alfred Hansen, worked with rubber tires. Her mother, Astrid Ring Christensen, was a goldsmith. After finishing school, Lise learned needlework and other crafts. In the 1950s, she played the banjo at a bar called Cap Horn in Nyhavn. She even made special mugs with pictures of her bandmates. Later, she worked as a model at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.

In 1958, Lise married Johannes Angelo Reinholdt Jørgensen. He was a painter known as Angelo Ring and a writer named Johannes A. Hjort. They had a daughter named Katrine Ring. The next year, Lise began studying sculpture at the Royal Academy. She studied there for six years with teachers like Mogens Bøggild. From 1977 to 1985, she spent a lot of time in Italy. In 1981, she even led a cultural group there called Circolo Scandinavo.

Her Art and Sculptures

Lise Ring creates sculptures using different materials like stone, concrete, wood, and silver. She makes both small and large artworks. Her sculptures often show women, children, and animals. They look very natural but also have her own special style. Lise wants her art to be inviting, so people feel like they can connect with it.

One of her works from 1977 is a relief called Girl with a Doll's Pram. It shows a little girl looking into a pram, with a small dog following her. This artwork is made from sandstone and has a soft, rounded shape. It feels very alive, which is common in her sculptures of people and animals. Her later works are often larger and stand freely. Her sculpture Orangutangs from 1991 was very popular. It was shown in a central square in Copenhagen called Jarmers Plads. Lise showed her art in many places during the 1970s and 1980s. These included the Charlottenborg Exhibitions, Den Frie Udstilling, and museums in other parts of Denmark.

Helping the Art Community

In the 1970s, Lise Ring took classes in teaching and psychology. She then taught evening classes. In 1977, she received a scholarship that allowed her to study more art in Italy at the Vanucci Academy in Perugia.

When she returned to Denmark in 1983, Lise became very involved in helping artists. She worked especially hard to improve conditions for women artists. This led to her joining the board of the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibitions from 1988 to 1990. She also became the chair of the Visual Artists Association in 1992. From 1993 to 1997, she was on the board of representatives for the Danish Arts Foundation. From 2000 to 2010, Lise Ring was the chair of the Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund, which is the Society of Female Artists.