Astrid Noack
Born 1888
Died 1954
Active: 1925 - 1954
Country of birth and death: Denmark
Sculptor
Raised in Ribe. Moved to Copenhagen c.1902 and worked in the Aluminia faience factory as a painter. Then trained as a journeyman wood carver (1906-10). Noack contributed to the decoration of Viborg Domkirke (Viborg Cathedral) c.1914.
From 1920 she studied in Paris with the sculptor Adam Fischer and the painter Georg Jacobsen, returning to Copenhagen in 1932. Her statues and statuettes of single women and children have earned her the reputation of being one of Denmark's most important twentieth century sculptors.
Works
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Little Baby
1949
Exhibitions, Meetings, Awards and other Events
Exhibited at The Royal Scottish Academy Exhibition, 1826-
1949
Exhibited at the annual exhibition 1 time: 1949 (2 works).
Sources
The Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, MCMXLIX, The One-Hundred-and-Twenty-Third
1949
p. 51 (79) Photograph
Citing this record
'Astrid Noack', Mapping the Practice and Profession of Sculpture in Britain and Ireland 1851-1951, University of Glasgow History of Art and HATII, online database 2011 [http://sculpture.gla.ac.uk/view/person.php?id=msib6_1208858033, accessed 04 Jun 2023]
