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1888 - 1964. Known for: Painting.
Early Scandinavian Modernist and winner of the Guggenheim International Award, Age Vogel-Jorgensen, first studied with Harald Giersing in Copenhagen (1919-21) and, later, in Paris (1922-23). He also... Read full biography
Early Scandinavian Modernist and winner of the Guggenheim International Award, Age Vogel-Jorgensen, first studied with Harald Giersing in Copenhagen (1919-21) and, later, in Paris (1922-23). He also worked closely with Immanuel Ibsen whose Modernist theories of color harmony came to his later work.... Read full biography
Early Scandinavian Modernist and winner of the Guggenheim International Award, Age Vogel-Jorgensen, first studied with Harald Giersing in Copenhagen (1919-21) and, later, in Paris (1922-23). He also worked closely with Immanuel Ibsen whose Modernist theories of color harmony came to his later work. Originally a member of the Autumn exhibition, he resigned in 1949 when the aesthetic of the Cobra Group became dominant. Two years later, he co-founded the March exhibition and, subsequently, his... Read full biography
Early Scandinavian Modernist and winner of the Guggenheim International Award, Age Vogel-Jorgensen, first studied with Harald Giersing in Copenhagen (1919-21) and, later, in Paris (1922-23). He also worked closely with Immanuel Ibsen whose Modernist theories of color harmony came to his later work. Originally a member of the Autumn exhibition, he resigned in 1949 when the aesthetic of the Cobra Group became dominant. Two years later, he co-founded the March exhibition and, subsequently, his pictures became increasingly imaginative, eventually verging on complete abstraction. Jorgensen’s presents his particular view of abstraction as a distinctive mood-laden immersion in soft gradations of color. His images hold the surface but are, at the... Read full biography
Early Scandinavian Modernist and winner of the Guggenheim International Award, Age Vogel-Jorgensen, first studied with Harald Giersing in Copenhagen (1919-21) and, later, in Paris (1922-23). He also worked closely with Immanuel Ibsen whose Modernist theories of color harmony came to his later work. Originally a member of the Autumn exhibition, he resigned in 1949 when the aesthetic of the Cobra Group became dominant. Two years later, he co-founded the March exhibition and, subsequently, his pictures became increasingly imaginative, eventually verging on complete abstraction. Jorgensen’s presents his particular view of abstraction as a distinctive mood-laden immersion in soft gradations of color. His images hold the surface but are, at the same time, spatial in an almost cosmic sense, transforming them into personal, existential statements.... Read full biography
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Early Scandinavian Modernist and winner of the Guggenheim International Award, Age Vogel-Jorgensen, first studied with Harald Giersing in Copenhagen (1919-21) and, later, in Paris (1922-23). He also worked closely with Immanuel Ibsen whose Modernist theories of color harmony came to his later work.
Originally a member of the Autumn exhibition, he resigned in 1949 when the aesthetic of the Cobra Group became dominant. Two years later, he co-founded the March exhibition and, subsequently, his pictures became increasingly imaginative, eventually verging on complete abstraction. Jorgensen’s presents his particular view of abstraction as a distinctive mood-laden immersion in soft gradations of color.&nb...But wait, there's more...
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