Tuesday, July 08, 2008







CARL-HENNING PEDERSEN
I found him at the The Danish National Gallery in Copenhagen
"Statens Museum for KUNST"

Carl-Henning Pedersen : 1913-2007
http://www.cobraart.dk/chp.html
His poetic talent and particularly his appreciation of the expressive powers of colour have inspired him to paint pictures of great dramatic beauty and originality.
As an artist he continues to proclaim the language of colour for expressing the beauty and variety of life.
He loves painting, and he paints quickly in the conviction that a work of art should be created rapidly and spontaneously to catch the emotions of the mind and translate them into painting.
Mr. Pedersen is known for his bright, expressionistic imagery. He also helped found the avant-garde art movement Cobra, an acronym for Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam. Active from 1948 to 1951, it focused on semi-abstract paintings with brilliant colors, violent brushwork and distorted human figures inspired by primitive art.
In January Mr. Pedersen donated 15 oil paintings and 25 watercolors from the 1950s to the 1980s to the national gallery of Denmark, the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen, including two of his masterpieces: “Out in the Wide World” (1988) and “Red Firebird” (1972).
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http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/23/arts/design/23pedersen.html?fta=y
New York Times



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Monday, July 07, 2008

Nyhavn, Copenhagen Christiana, Copenhagen
Near the National Art Museum, Copenhagen


The Louisiana, Denmark


"Old Town", Stockholm



Some inspiring places I came along in Sweden and Denmark...once I get all of my things together I will create a list of artists I came along that were very cool/interesting..... to be continued


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