Rare Dahl Jensen 1266 American Cowboy on horse (LJ) 41.5 cm

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Item number: 373315

Description: 1266 American Cowboy on horse (LJ) 41.5 cm Made In Denmark Original Methal Bridle but the leather band needs to be mended or renewed In mint condition 2nd
Lauritz Jensen 1859-1935 After attending the technical school he studied under Vilhelm Bissen (1836-1913) and was enrolled in The Royal Academy of Copenhagen October 1877. After graduation in 1885 he was regular contributor to the Charlottenborg Art Exhibition in Copenhagen, and was an active board member of the art circles in Copenhagen at that time, which eventually made him a member of the Royal Academy Council 1909-1917.
L. Jensen became one of the best animal sculptors of his time, both in the grand format of the statue and when it comes to smaller figurines. As early as the Nordic Exhibition in 1888 he was recognized for his enormous group called: ”A Celtic man on horse fighting the Urus (ox)’. This piece and his small figurines showed both his foundation in the contemporary naturalism and his ability to grasp spirit of the animals and at the same time describe them correctly. His later works for the porcelain manufactories shows his fondness for the lion and other wild cats as his motives.
As tradition required he went to Rome, Italy to supply his classical education, but unlike some of his contemporaries he choose to spent time in the USA. In the years 1894-1896 he spent time working for C. Rohl-Smidt (1848 - 1900), who in Chicago created Iowas Soldiers and Sailors monument, and after the death of Rohl-Smidts, LJ completed in 1901-1902 together with other Scandinavian colleges the statue of General Sherman in Washington. The time in America gave inspiration to Western and Indian motives in figurines for P. Ipsens Enke (ceramic), different works in bronze and the remarkable Indian on horse for Dahl Jensen.
After the death of Lauritz Jensens, Jens Peter Dahl Jensen (1874-1960) bought his entire col