Herman Wilhelm Bissen

(1798–1868) dansk skulptör

Herman Wilhelm Bissen (1798–1868) is listed in the catalogue as a sculptor. By year of birth, Herman Wilhelm Bissen belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Herman Wilhelm Bissen was born in Schleswig and died in Copenhagen. Herman Wilhelm Bissen trained at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Herman Wilhelm Bissen worked in Rome and Copenhagen. Wikidata associates Herman Wilhelm Bissen with Danish Golden Age. The awards include Decoration of the Cross of Honour of the Dannebrog and Knight of the Order of the Dannebrog. The students included Johan Frederik Busch, H.F. Funch, David Jacobsen, and Christian Karl Magnussen.

The best-known works include ‘Den tapre Landsoldat’, ‘Isted Lion’, and ‘Frederik VI’. The catalogue has 6 works by Herman Wilhelm Bissen with free images. The dated works span the years 1827–1873. Works by Herman Wilhelm Bissen are held by Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Statens Museum for Kunst, and Nivaagaard.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Jules Coignet, Antonio Cabral Bejarano, Henry Scheffer, Eugène Delacroix, and Heinrich Maria von Hess.

• Romanticism
• Istedlejonet