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Bing & Grøndahl was founded on 15 April 1853 by Grøndahl, who was a figurine maker for the Royal Danish Porcelain Factory, and the Bing brothers, who were art and book dealers. The factory was located on the corner of Vesterbrogade and Rahbek Allé in the Vesterbro area, at that time outside the city of Copenhagen , Denmark.
The first Christmas plate was issued by Bing & Grøndahl in 1895. Harald Bing came up with the idea, hoping to develop a series with Danish scenes. Designed by Frans August Hallin (1865–1947), the first plate is titled Bag den Frosne Rude (Behind the Frosted Pane) with a view of some of Copenhagen's landmark buildings at night as seen through the icy windows of Frederiksberg Palace.
In recent years, Royal Copenhagen acquired Georg Jensen in 1972, incorporated with Holmegaard Glass Factory in 1985, and finally Bing & Grøndahl in 1987. Royal Copenhagen was a part of a group of Scandinavian companies, Royal Scandinavia, together with Georg Jensen, and was owned by a Danish private equity fund, Axcel.
Between 1901 and 1925 Dahl-Jensen modelled numerous small sculptures of beasts of prey in bronze that were exhibited at Charlottenborg, Malmö, Berlin, Munich and San Francisco, but he became increasingly famous for his work in porcelain, especially animal figurines for Bing & Grøndahl.
Bing married Eva Simonsen (1809–1883), daughter of textile merchant Levin S. (1780–1843) and Ester Henriques (1785–1852), on 9 November 1831. He was the father of Frederik Bing and Herman Bing (1845–1896). [2] They had the following children: Jacob Martin Bing (1833–1903) Betzy Louise Bing (18 October 1834 – 1916)
An enormous stoneware structure built in this studios of Bing § Grondahl, Sea Horse was a remarkable undertaking. Inspired by the myths of Europa and Poseidon, it dominated a massive public swimming pool where it was totally destroyed by a falling scaffolding on June 14, 1952.
Hegermann participated in Bing & Grøndahl exhibitions over the years, including those in Berlin (1910–1911) and New York (1927). Her works are exhibited in several major art museums. [1] [3] Effie Hegermann-Lindencrone died in the Frederiksberg district of Copenhagen on 17 December 1945 and was buried in Garrison Cemetery, Copenhagen. [5]
Nylund did some extra work at the Bing & Grondahl Porcelain factory, designing new products for a Paris exhibition. He was then offered full-time employment by the company and as a result gave up his architecture studies. At Bing & Gröndahl, his mentor was Paul Gauguin's son Jean. Nylund created a few thousand unique pieces at Bing & Gröndahl.
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