Jens Peter Dahl-Jensen

Jens Peter Dahl -Jensen (actually Jens Peter Jensen, born July 23 1874 in Nibe, † December 12, 1960 in Copenhagen) was a Danish sculptor. In 1926, he joined the surname of Jensen Dahl -Jensen.

Dahl -Jensen studied from 1894 to 1897 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. From 1897 to 1917 he was Master of the model porcelain firm Bing & Grøndahl in Copenhagen and from 1917 to 1925 the artistic director of the porcelain factory north also in Copenhagen.

Dahl -Jensen designed predator - small sculptures made ​​of bronze, but he was known for his characters, especially animal figurines made ​​of porcelain with underglaze painting for Bing & Grøndahl. He was the busiest Tiermodelleur his company, some of his influenced by Art Nouveau living figures are still produced by Royal Copenhagen. In 1925 he started his own business in Husum, founded in the same year, the Dahl - Jensen Porcelainfabrik, Copenhagen, the exported very much, mainly in the USA and Italy. In addition to animal figures he modeled here from 1930 to 1958 some unusual Oriental Figurines with rich and powerful underglazes. In the family, his wife Martha Dahl -Jensen and his son George Dahl -Jensen, who continued production until 1981, and the Company entered into after the sale of the stock in 1984 worked.