Name Ejnar Rasmussen Role Architect | Died December 23, 1975 | |
Ejnar Mindedal, born Mindedal Rasmussen (June 19, 1892 in Ollerup, Funen – December 23, 1975 in Ollerup) was a Danish Neoclassical architect. He was a traditionalist who adhered to the Danish da:Bedre Byggeskik school but he did not shy from using modern materials like concrete in, for example, his breakthrough work 'Swimming Pool in Ollerup, for which he won a Silver Medal in the Architectural Design discipline at the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam.
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Education
Ejnar Mindedal was the son of the architect Daniel Rasmussen and his wife Thyra F. Sørensen. He was a joiner apprentice from May 1907 to August 1908 and attended Vallekilde High School, studying under Ivar Bentsen, Ollerup Craftsman School and he was a student of the sculptor R. Mogensen in Svendborg. In September 1918 he passed the entrance exam for The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, School of Architecture, from where he graduated in January 1923.
Career
Ejnar Mindedal started his own practice in Ollerup in 1923. In his career he worked as, among other positions;
In addition to his Silver Medal at the 1928 Olympics, he received Queen Alexandra's Grant in 1931, participated in the Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition in 1921 og 1929 and the Charlottenborg Fall Exhibition in 1922.
He married Margrethe Hansen (December 1, 1898 - July 8, 1978) on October 1, 1922 in Bandholm. He is buried in Ollerup Cemetery.