Carl-Henning Pedersen
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Carl-Henning Pedersen |
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Male |
| Place of Birth: |
Copenhagen, Denmark |
| Nationality: |
Danish |
| Birth: |
1913 |
| Death: |
2007 |
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CoBrA |
| Fine Art Profession(s): |
Painting
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Biography
He was known as the "Scandinavian Chagall", and was one of the leading Danish artists of the second half of the 20th century.
Pedersen was born in Copenhagen and brought up in Vigerslev Alle. He joined the International Folk High School in Elsinore in 1933, where he met painter Else Alfelt, they married in 1934. Alfelt encouraged Pedersen to paint, and he first exhibited at the Artists' Autumn Exhibition (Kunstnernes Efterarsudstilling) in Copenhagen in 1936. His modernist style was at odds with the socialist realism preferred by his communist friends.
Pedersen traveled to Paris in 1939, where he saw works by Picasso and Matisse. He visited the exhibition of "degenerate art" (entartete Kunst) in Frankfurt am Main, where he was inspired by the paintings on show, particularly the works of Chagall.
He and his wife were founder members of the CoBrA movement in 1948. The movement took its name from the European cities where its founders were based: Copenhagen, Brussels and Amsterdam.
Pedersen moved into monumental art in the 1960s and 1970s, producing a large mosaic, "Cosmic Sea".
He moved to Burgundy in the 1980s, but most of his work still came from Danish sources. He also produced bronze sculptures, and works in oils and watercolor.
He died in Copenhagen, after a long illness. |
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