Lise Ring facts for kids

Lise Ring (born in 1936) is a talented Danish sculptor. She creates amazing artworks using materials like stone, concrete, wood, and silver. Her sculptures often show women, children, and animals in a very natural style. Lise Ring has also been very active in art groups in Denmark, helping other artists and serving on important committees.

About Lise Ring's Life

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 even played the banjo at a bar called Cap Horn in Nyhavn. She made special herbal tea 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 learned from famous sculptors like Mogens Bøggild. She studied there for six years. From 1977 to 1985, she lived in Italy. In 1981, she even led a cultural group called Circolo Scandinavo there.

Her Artworks

Lise Ring works with many different materials. These include stone, concrete, wood, and silver. She creates both small and large sculptures. Her art shows women, children, and animals. She uses a natural style that is also very personal.

Lise wants her artworks to be inviting. She hopes people will want to look at them closely and even interact with them. For example, her 1977 artwork Girl with a Doll's Pram is a relief sculpture. It shows a little girl looking into a doll's pram, with a small dog following. This piece is made from sandstone and feels very alive.

Her later sculptures are often larger and stand freely. Her "Orangutangs" (made in 1991) became very famous. They were shown in Jarmers Plads in central Copenhagen. Lise showed her art in many places during the 1970s and 1980s. This included the Charlottenborg Exhibitions, Den Frie Udstilling, and museums across Denmark.

Helping Other Artists

In the 1970s, Lise Ring took classes in teaching and psychology. She then taught evening classes. In 1977, she received a special scholarship. This 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 focused on improving conditions for women artists. She helped with the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibitions. She was also on the Charlottenborg board from 1988 to 1990.

Lise Ring was the chair of the Visual Artists Association in 1992. She also served on the board of the Danish Arts Foundation from 1993 to 1997. From 2000 to 2010, she was the chair of the Kvindelige Kunstneres Samfund (Society of Female Artists).