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jwknudsen
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USA
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Posted - 13/01/2006 :  10:05:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The 1900 Hisø census lists my grandfather's occupation as Billedhugger (sculptor?).

http://digitalarkivet.uib.no/cgi-win/webcens.exe?slag=visbase&filnamn=f00922&gardpostnr=428&personpostnr=2458&merk=2458#ovre

I never heard of my grandfather working in anything but the sheet metal trade (his last major project was stainless steel work atop New York's Chrysler Building). He was also a tinkerer and smalltime inventor on the side. But a sculptor...?

Is the term billedhugger strictly related to fine-arts, or does it also shade into more artisanal crafts?

Thanks, JK

John Knudsen
New York, NY USA

Borge
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Norway
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Posted - 13/01/2006 :  11:21:50  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Yes, the translation would be "Sculptor". If he was not an artist he could be working for an artist, or he could have been working on church restoration projects and such, more like a stone cutter.
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