With the equestrian statue of Absalon he turned to Neo-romanticism.
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He is mainly known for a number of statues around Copenhagen, including the equestrian statue of Absalon on Højbro Plads and the Stork Fountain on the adjoining Amagertorv.
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Young Bissen received training in his father's studio from an early age and studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1853 to 1857, then in Rome between 1857 and 1863 and finally in Carrara from 1866 to 1867 where he studied marble techniques.
Christian Gottlieb Vilhelm Bissen, usually known simply as Vilhelm Bissen (1836- 1913), his son, also a Danish sculptor
Vilhelm Bjerknes | Vilhelm Ekelund | Kristian Vilhelm Koren Schjelderup, Jr. | Peder Vilhelm Jensen-Klint | Vilhelm Thomsen | Vilhelm Pedersen | Vilhelm Moberg | Vilhelm Melbye | Vilhelm Krag | Vilhelm Helander | Vilhelm Hammershøi | Vilhelm Aubert | Vilhelm Andreas Wexelsen | Karl Vilhelm Zetterstéen | Johannes Vilhelm Jensen |