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Copyright estate of the artist | | | Mortensen, Richard (1910 - 1993) Denmark
Est Ouest 2, 1956
Oil on canvas; 130 x 162 cm Op Art
UID 102-397
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Biography
Danish painter and theoretician, born in Copenhagen. Studied at the Academy of Art in Copenhagen, 1931-32. Spent year 1932 in Berlin. 1933 First public show of his works at the Autumn exhibition, in Copenhagen. 1934-35 Joint publisher of the magazine Linien. 1947 Moved to Paris, Normandy, the South of France and Corsica. Won both the Edvard Munch Prize and the Kandinsky Prize in 1946. 1955-64 Participation in "documenta 1", in Kassel. Originally influenced by the surrealist works of Dali and Tanguy, in the 50s Mortensen took up free gestural painting. The spontaneity and fantasy of these later works is reminiscent of the art of the Cobra group.
Exhibitions
ARCO 83 ARCO - Feria Internacional, Spain 01-02-1983 ~ 28-02-1983
Pluriel I Galerie Denise René, France 01-11-1991 ~ 30-11-1991
FIAC 96 FIAC, France 01-01-1996 ~ 31-12-1996
Arte Cinética / Arte Op na Colecção Berardo Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal 29-09-2001 ~ 31-10-2001
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