Early Life and Artistic Beginnings Ingeborg Plockross Irminger (1872–1962) emerged from Copenhagen’s artistic milieu, daughter of Johannes Frederik Plockross, a merchant, and Cathrine Frederikke Tietgen, a woman deeply involved in social reform movements. From a young age, she demonstrated an innate fascination with sculpting—a passion nurtured initially under the tutelage of sculptor Aksel Hansen before formal studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts commenced in 1893. Her formative years were marked by exposure to influential artistic figures and ideas, shaping her aesthetic sensib…