Arne Ranslet
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Arne Ranslet, 2003.
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15 August 1931 Løgstør, Denmark |
| Known for | Sculptor, Ceramist |
Arne Mathias Ranslet (born 15 August 1931, Løgstør, Denmark) is a famous Danish sculptor and ceramist. His works have been purchased by museums and communities in Europe and have gained worldwide recognition through international exhibitions. He has been acclaimed among the best known ceramists of Bornholm
Ranslet started working with ceramic on his last year in the Birkerød gymnasium and later studied in the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen (1951–1954), where he first met his later to be wife, the Norwegian painter Tulla Blomberg Ranslet. The couple married in 1955 and moved to Bornholm, where Ranslet later established his own workshop. The couple had two daughters and a son on the island: painter Pia Ranslet, sculptor Paul Ranslet and captain pilot Charlotte Pedersen.
During his first years on the island Ranslet worked mainly with ceramic, combining both traditional and modern elements in his art. He gradually moved from pottery to sculpturing in the 70’s, creating humoristic and sometimes grotesque animal sculptures, later replaced by more monumental bronze works in the 80’s. In 1988 the Ranslet couple moved to Spain, where they established a studio and workshop and reside today.
Ranslet's work in both ceramic and bronze has been purchased by various museums, institutions and collectors in Europe, including the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, the Malmö Art Museum, the Museum of Decorative Arts and Design in Oslo, the Danish Museum of Art & Design, the Röhsska Museum of Design and Applied Art,Bornholm Museum, , Jönköpings country museum, Norrköpings museum of art in Sweden, Östergötlands museum, the regional museum in Kristianstad, Sweden,Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, King Gustav Adolf's art collection, The Danish Arts Foundation, Trapholt Art Museum, La Casa Orduña Del Castell De Guadalest museum in Spain.
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