Egill Jacobsen - Artist Info

About Egill Jacobsen

  • Biography

    Egill Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen on the 12th of December, 1910. He was a painter. In the 30’s he studied at the Art Academy in his hometown. In 1934 he moved to Paris, a trip that would have an influence on his painting techniques.

    Initially, he painted in a socio-realistic manner, but under the influence of Picasso, he developed a new style in which the visible reality disappeared into the background and gave way to a more expressive and abstract way of working.

    He painted experimental barbaric masks existing out of bright, saturated colors. The mask is a frequently recurring motif in his oeuvre and also the influence of primitive art and fantasy shapes evidently come to the fore. In the following year he joined the Da...

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