Fountain - Hest overfaldes af Slange - Randers, Denmark - Fountains on Waymarking.com

I Randers hvor et af Helen Schous hovedværker, Den Jyske Hingst, tiltrækker besøgende fra nær og fjern findes også et af hendes noget mindre kendte værker. Den flotte fontæne med en hest, der angribes af en slange, er kendetegnet ved et levende udtryk, der vidner om kunstnerens kærlighed til og nøje studier af heste.

Billedhuggeren Helen Schou var dansk billedhuggerkunst store gamle dame, og et af det 20. århundrede store kvindelige forbilleder. I avisen Berlinske kunne man i forbindelse med hendes 100 års fødselsdag læse:

»Man skal kende en hests reaktioner og karakter«, siger Helen Schou, der har »levet med heste«, som hun selv formulerer det. Hun har ikke blot været en dygtig skolerytterske, tegnet talrige anatomistudier, men også dissekeret på Landbohøjskolen. »Det vil jeg holde på er nødvendigt for at skabe hesteskulpturer«, siger hun og tilføjer: »Men tegningen er alfa og omega. Hvis man ikke kan tegne, kan man ikke skabe skulpturer«. Mange studier ligger bag det endelige værk. Og detaljen skal på plads i helheden.

In Randers, where one of Helen Schou's major works, the Jutland Stallion, attracts visitors from near and far, a somewhat less known work from her hand is located. The fountain with a horse being attacked by a snake, is characterized by a vivid expression that testify to the artist's love for, and careful studies of horses.

Sculptor Helen Schou was the grand old Lady of Danish sculpture, and one of the 20th century's greatest female role models. When she celebrated her 100th birthday, the newspaper Berlingske wrote an article about her life:

"You must know a horse's reactions and character," said Helen Schou who have "lived with horses," as she puts it. She was not only an accomplished horseman, designed numerous anatomy studies, but also dissected at the Agricultural University. "These things are necessary to create horse sculptures," she says, adding: "But the drawing is the alpha and omega. If you cannot draw, you cannot create sculptures". Many studies is behind the final work. And the details must be in place in the whole picture.

Sources:
Skulpturer i det Fri - Randers Kommune
Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon - Rosinante
Berlinske - 2. june 2005

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