ADAMSEN, AMANDUS HEINRICH ) Estonian sculptor, studied in St. Petersburg (Leningrad). In 1887 he produced a portrait in relief of Tsar Alexander III.; he then went to Paris, where he lived for several years. In 1891 he returned to his Native land and lived alternately in Port Baltic and St. Petersburg.
Adamsen's technique in marble and wood has been moulded on classical lines. His small wood carvings are incomparable. His most important works are an allegory, shown at the Paris Exhibi tion in 1889, entitled "Liebe, Tod and Wissenschaft"; "Die Welle," and "Hunger"; also "Befreiter Genius" and "Sieg der Arbeit," which were executed for the Nijni-Novgorod Exhibition.,