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Svend Wiig Hansen

Svend Wiig Hansen (1922 - 1997) was active/lived in Denmark.  Svend Hansen is known for Single and group figure sculpture, church and theatre decoration.

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Svend Wiig Hansen (20 December 1922, Møgeltønder – 15 March 1997, Helsingør) was a Danish sculptor and painter also known as Wiig Hansen. He was initially undecided about his career, working as a circus clown and a singer until a job requiring his help in the completion of climbing angels convinced him he should become a sculptor.

After studying at the Royal Academy of Denmark* under Johannes Bjerg and Einar Utzon-Frank (1946–1950), he created early sculptures that included his monumental burnt clay Torso (1951) inspired by Aristide Maillol and his cement Moder Jord (Mother Earth, 1953) influenced in part by pre-columbian sculpture.

The gigantic group sculpture of Mennesket ved havet (Men at Sea, (1994) near Esbjerg is inspired by Cycladic art and the figures on Easter Island. Slægt løfter slægt (1997), which was installed for a period on Gammel Strand in Copenhagen, depicts a naked couple bearing a naked woman.

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