Johannes Carstensen studied painting with Aksel Jørgensen at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. His travels in Italy (1951) and France, Spain, and North Africa (1953) were key in his evolution. In the 1950s, influenced by Jørgensen and Erik Hoppe, his work was characterized by dark, earthy tones, although his landscapes already showed reddish and orange tones. Contact with Georges Braque and Van Gogh in France led him to a neo-Impressionist approach. From the 1960s, after moving to Odsherred and collaborating with Karl Bovin and the Odsherred Painters, his landscapes became more luminous, and he adopted a pointillist style. He was a member of important artistic groups such as Grønningen (1958), Corner (1970), and Koloristern...