Ejler Bille
Ejler Bille (6 March 1910 – 1 May 2004) was a Danish artist.
Also recorded as Ejler Christian Torbensen Bille · Ejler Kristian Torbensen Bille · Eljer Kristian Torbensen BIlle · Eljer Bille
Ejler Bille
- Born
- 1910. · Odder.
- Died
- 2004. · Copenhagen.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark.
- Occupation
- artist, painter, sculptor and poet.
- Education
- Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Birkerød Gymnasium.
- Teachers
- Bizzie Høyer.
- Honours
- Prince Eugen Medal, Thorvaldsen Medal and Eckersberg Medal.
- Languages
- Danish.
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Ejler Bille studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and Birkerød Gymnasium. Training under Bizzie Høyer is recorded. Niels Reumert is recorded as having studied under Ejler Bille. The recorded working language is Danish. Work by Ejler Bille is recorded in the collections of Statens Museum for Kunst, National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design and Bryn Mawr College Special Collections. Distinctions recorded are Prince Eugen Medal, Thorvaldsen Medal and Eckersberg Medal.
Ejler Bille was born in Odder, Denmark. He was the son of Torben Holger Bille and Anna Kirstine Lysabild Jensen. Bille graduated from Birkerød State School in 1930, and then studied at the arts and craft school (Kunsthåndværkerskolen) in Copenhagen with Bizzie Høyer 1930–1932 and the Royal Danish Academy of Art in 1933. In 1931, he made his debut at the Artists' Autumn Exhibition (Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling). Bille joined Linien in 1934, Corner in 1940 and CoBrA in 1949. He had concentrated on small sculptures, but moved into painting after joining CoBrA. In 1969 he was a guest professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Art.
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1960: Eckersberg Medal 1969: Thorvaldsen Medal 1987: Prince Eugen Medal 2001: Amalienborg Prize
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