Pia Ranslet
{{short description|Danish artist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox artist
| name = Pia Ranslet
| image = PiaRanslet.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Pia Ranslet.
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1956|7|3}} (age 66)
| birth_place = Allinge, Bornholm, Denmark
| known_for = Painting, Graphics and sculpting
}}
Pia Ranslet (born 3 July 1956, Allinge, Bornholm, Denmark) is a Danish painter and sculptor.
Biography
Pia Ranslet was born and raised in Bornholm, Denmark, eldest daughter to Tulla Blomberg Ranslet and Arne Ranslet. Her brother is sculptor Paul Ranslet. After graduating from high school she registered at Copenhagen University, studying Art history. In 1976 she enrolled in Danmarks Designskole and after receiving her diploma proceeded studying at Konstfack University-college in Stockholm, while teaching art students. From 1980 to 1986 she studied art at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm, where she was granted several scholarships allowing her to study in India, New York City and Egypt. She continued teaching art at Bornholms Højskole and Thorstedlund Kunsthøjskolen in Frederikssund.{{cite web|url=http://www.ranslet.com/|title=.: R A N S L E T :.|website=ranslet.com|accessdate=21 December 2018}} Ranslet is married and has three sons.Klippeøens kvinder og mænd, født og førte 2000 by Søren R. Wolff and Bornholms Tidendes Forlag
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Image:Portrait of Elisabeth Westenholz by Pia Ranslet.jpg, Oil paint on canvas portrait by Pia Ranslet]]
Art
Ranslet's work stretches between expressionism and realism.{{cite web|url=http://lali.toutsimplement.be/?m=20081104|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120714020151/http://lali.toutsimplement.be/?m=20081104|url-status=usurped|archive-date=14 July 2012|title=Lali|website=lali.toutsimplement.be|accessdate=21 December 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://lali.toutsimplement.be/?m=20090920&paged=2|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120709183905/http://lali.toutsimplement.be/?m=20090920&paged=2|url-status=usurped|archive-date=9 July 2012|title=lali|website=lali.toutsimplement.be|accessdate=21 December 2018}} She paints in front of her motives, and is a classic portraitist. Her landscapes feature mostly Bornholm-countryside views. She has solo-exhibited in many European countries, including: Denmark, Sweden, Germany, Luxembourg,{{Cite web |url=http://www.junglinster.lu/agenda-exposition-3072263752 |title=Junglinster - Agenda |access-date=11 June 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101031083401/http://www.junglinster.lu/agenda-exposition-3072263752 |archive-date=31 October 2010 |url-status=dead }} France, Belgium, Spain and Switzerland. She is publicly represented in the Swedish National Art Council{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} (Statens Konstråd), National Labour Market Board (Arbetsmarknadstyrelsen) and Swedish Employers Association (Arbetsgivareföreningen).{{citation needed|date= October 2021}}
Image:AndersWestenholz.jpg|"Anders Westenholz", Oil paint on canvas
Image:Bornholm Landscape by Pia Ranslet.jpg|"Bornholm landscape", Oil paint on canvas
Image:Brothers.jpg|"Brothers", Oil paint on canvas
Image:Chinese Emperor costume by Pia Ranslet.jpg| "Chinese Emperor Costume", Watercolors
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Category:20th-century Danish painters
Category:20th-century Danish sculptors
Category:21st-century Danish painters
Category:21st-century Danish sculptors
Category:21st-century Danish women artists
Category:20th-century Danish women painters
Category:21st-century women painters