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Erling Jorgensen BIOGRAPHY
1905 - 1977. Known for: Naturalist, abstract expressionist painting.
Erling Jørgensen, 1905-1977 born in Denmark, was a self taught artist. painter and graphic print-maker. Jørgensen painted first in a naturalist style, but inspired by the Cobra painters, Svavar... Read full biography
Erling Jørgensen, 1905-1977 born in Denmark, was a self taught artist. painter and graphic print-maker. Jørgensen painted first in a naturalist style, but inspired by the Cobra painters, Svavar Gudnason and others, he gradually developed a style of abstract expressionism. For example, his... Read full biography
Erling Jørgensen, 1905-1977 born in Denmark, was a self taught artist. painter and graphic print-maker. Jørgensen painted first in a naturalist style, but inspired by the Cobra painters, Svavar Gudnason and others, he gradually developed a style of abstract expressionism. For example, his contribution to the decoration of Bregnerødhytten (1949, now Sophienholm) and Painting (1966, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum). Jørgensen was co-founder and member of the Spiral from 1947, of PRO 1964-66 and of the... Read full biography
Erling Jørgensen, 1905-1977 born in Denmark, was a self taught artist. painter and graphic print-maker. Jørgensen painted first in a naturalist style, but inspired by the Cobra painters, Svavar Gudnason and others, he gradually developed a style of abstract expressionism. For example, his contribution to the decoration of Bregnerødhytten (1949, now Sophienholm) and Painting (1966, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum). Jørgensen was co-founder and member of the Spiral from 1947, of PRO 1964-66 and of the Colorists from 1967. He received the Eckersberg Medal in 1970. "He worked in an Abstract Expressionist style infused with bold colors. known for his silkscreen, lithograph and serigraph works. Erling Jørgensen adapted in early 1940, after preliminary... Read full biography
Erling Jørgensen, 1905-1977 born in Denmark, was a self taught artist. painter and graphic print-maker. Jørgensen painted first in a naturalist style, but inspired by the Cobra painters, Svavar Gudnason and others, he gradually developed a style of abstract expressionism. For example, his contribution to the decoration of Bregnerødhytten (1949, now Sophienholm) and Painting (1966, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum). Jørgensen was co-founder and member of the Spiral from 1947, of PRO 1964-66 and of the Colorists from 1967. He received the Eckersberg Medal in 1970. "He worked in an Abstract Expressionist style infused with bold colors. known for his silkscreen, lithograph and serigraph works. Erling Jørgensen adapted in early 1940, after preliminary experiments in light naturalist style, the ruling abstract form of the time with emphasis on the colouristic expression. Th... Read full biography
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Erling Jørgensen, 1905-1977 born in Denmark, was a self taught artist. painter and graphic print-maker. Jørgensen painted first in a naturalist style, but inspired by the Cobra painters, Svavar Gudnason and others, he gradually developed a style of abstract expressionism. For example, his contribution to the decoration of Bregnerødhytten (1949, now Sophienholm) and Painting (1966, Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum).
Jørgensen was co-founder and member of the Spiral from 1947, of PRO 1964-66 and of the Colorists from 1967. He received the Eckersberg Medal in 1970.
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