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Mogens Egil Ege BIOGRAPHY
1892 Copenhagen, Denmark - 1946. Known for: Modernist landscape, coastal view, ocean paintings, ships and boats.
Mogens Egil Ege was born the son of a senior employee of the Copenhagen Port Authority. He painted his first oil painting at the age of 14 with motifs from Christianshavn. Like his brother Tage, his... Read full biography
Mogens Egil Ege was born the son of a senior employee of the Copenhagen Port Authority. He painted his first oil painting at the age of 14 with motifs from Christianshavn. Like his brother Tage, his father had planned an academic career for him and thought little of his artistic talent.... Read full biography
Mogens Egil Ege was born the son of a senior employee of the Copenhagen Port Authority. He painted his first oil painting at the age of 14 with motifs from Christianshavn. Like his brother Tage, his father had planned an academic career for him and thought little of his artistic talent. Nevertheless, he auditioned him for the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Mogens Ege was accepted. He studied there from 1911 to 1914. He first visited Bornholm in 1910, where he returned almost every... Read full biography
Mogens Egil Ege was born the son of a senior employee of the Copenhagen Port Authority. He painted his first oil painting at the age of 14 with motifs from Christianshavn. Like his brother Tage, his father had planned an academic career for him and thought little of his artistic talent. Nevertheless, he auditioned him for the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Mogens Ege was accepted. He studied there from 1911 to 1914. He first visited Bornholm in 1910, where he returned almost every summer. Around 1917, Mogens Ege came to Bornholm and moved into the attic of the house at Storetorv 12 in Rønne together with a painter friend. Both had little money and painted a lot. They paid the rent to their landlord, merchant Adolf Olsen, with a... Read full biography
Mogens Egil Ege was born the son of a senior employee of the Copenhagen Port Authority. He painted his first oil painting at the age of 14 with motifs from Christianshavn. Like his brother Tage, his father had planned an academic career for him and thought little of his artistic talent. Nevertheless, he auditioned him for the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Mogens Ege was accepted. He studied there from 1911 to 1914. He first visited Bornholm in 1910, where he returned almost every summer. Around 1917, Mogens Ege came to Bornholm and moved into the attic of the house at Storetorv 12 in Rønne together with a painter friend. Both had little money and painted a lot. They paid the rent to their landlord, merchant Adolf Olsen, with a picture that Mogens Ege painted from a postcard: Taylor's Falls on the St. Croix River. During the First World W... Read full biography
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Mogens Egil Ege was born the son of a senior employee of the Copenhagen Port Authority. He painted his first oil painting at the age of 14 with motifs from Christianshavn. Like his brother Tage, his father had planned an academic career for him and thought little of his artistic talent. Nevertheless, he auditioned him for the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Mogens Ege was accepted. He studied there from 1911 to 1914. He first visited Bornholm in 1910, where he returned almost every summer.Around 1917, Mogens Ege came to Bornholm and moved into the attic of the house at Storetorv 12 in Rønne together with a painter friend. Both had little money and painted a lot. They paid the rent to their landlord, merchant Adolf Olsen, ...But wait, there's more...
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