(b Skien, 15 June 1879; d Oslo, 6 Dec 1965). Norwegian sculptor. He was a modelling pupil at the Paoli brothers’ plaster-casting studio in Kristiania (now Oslo) for a year, before beginning five years’ study in 1895 at the Royal School of Design, where Brynjulf Larsen Bergslien and Lars Utne (1862–1922) were among his teachers. In 1900 he attended a modelling school in Berlin for three months and in 1902 he spent eight months at the Académie Colarossi and Académie Julian in Paris. Like so many other young sculptors he was interested in the work of Auguste Rodin and Constantin Meunier. He gained further insight into the Classical sculptural tradition on a journey to Italy in 1906. He was also influenced by Gustav Vigeland, who in 1908 recommended Rasmussen to take over his work of preparing sculptures in a Gothic style for the cathedral in Trondheim. In 1909 Rasmussen studied Gothic sculpture in England, France and Germany and subsequently made a number of figures for the interior and exterior of the cathedral. From 1928 to 1940 he acted as artistic consultant at Trondheim Cathedral.

• Rasmussen, (Robert) Wilhelm
  • Norway, §IV, 3: Sculpture, after 1814