Background
Bonnesen was born on 26 May 1868 in Aalborg.
Bonnesen was born on 26 May 1868 in Aalborg.
There he studied under Theobald Stein and Christian Carl Peters before graduating in 1889.
He first trained to become a carpenter for two years before moving to Copenhagen where he was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1887. After completing his education, Bonnesen travelled extensively through the 1890s. In 1898 he made a journey to Egypt and East Asia and his travellings also brought him to America.
Bonnesen had a large and diverse production of statues and statuettes.
These include Adam and Eve at the body of Abel (1900) and Two Lions in the Danish National as well as several statuettes in The Hirschsprung Collection. Many of Bonnesen"s plaster casts have since 1969 been exhibited in Thingbæk Kalkminer near Rebild Bakker.
A Barbarian, Garden of the Hirschsprung Collection, Copenhagen (1891)
Thor"s battle against the Jötunns, roof of the Ny Carlsberg Brewhouse, Copenhagen (1901)
Diana (equestrian statue), Trondhjems Plads, Copenhagen (1908)
Christian IX (equestrian statue), John F. Kennedys Plads, Aalborg
The Musician, Mozarts Plads, Copenhagen (1913)
The Mother, Amorparken, Copenhagen (1932)
Thor at War with the Giants, Grounds of Glud & Marstrand, Odense Denmark (1926).