Mogens Andersen
Illustration — Mogen Andersen's decorations in Sejs-Svejbæk Church (1990) Mogens Helge Thestrup Andersen (8 August 1916 – 18 April 2003) was a Danish painter.
Also recorded as Mogens Helge Thestrup Andersen
Mogens Andersen
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- Born
- 1916 · Copenhagen.
- Died
- 2003 · Hellerup.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- painter · ceramicist · graphic artist · writer
- Teachers
- Peter Rostrup Bøyesen
- Honours
- Eckersberg Medal · Thorvaldsen Medal
- Languages
- Danish
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Illustration — Mogen Andersen's decorations in Sejs-Svejbæk Church (1990) Mogens Helge Thestrup Andersen (8 August 1916 – 18 April 2003) was a Danish painter.
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Training under Peter Rostrup Bøyesen is recorded. Torben Christensen is recorded as having studied under Mogens Andersen. The recorded working language is Danish. Work by Mogens Andersen is recorded in the collections of Statens Museum for Kunst and National Museum in Warsaw. Distinctions recorded are Eckersberg Medal and Thorvaldsen Medal.
Born in Copenhagen, Andersen studied painting at P. Rostrup Bøyesen's art school (1933–39). He first exhibited at Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling in 1935. His early works were earthy-coloured figure paintings but he was more interested in French Modernism. After the Second World War, he spent lengthy periods in Paris until 1965, where he was attracted by Abstract art. Thanks to his friendship with Pierre Soulages and Jean Bazaine, he developed a style of dark arabesques on a light background. Andersen's first major work in Denmark was Abstract decoration in the Central Library on Kultorvet (1959) which caused considerable discussion but there was more solid appreciation of his later assignments, including the Bochum Museum of Art (1981) and Sejs-Svejbæk Church near Silkeborg (1990).
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Mogens Andersen is recorded as painter, ceramicist, graphic artist and writer.
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1916
Mogens Andersen born at Copenhagen.
2003
Mogens Andersen died at Hellerup.
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In 1949, Andersen was awarded the Eckersberg Medal and, in 1984, the Thorvaldsen Medal.
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Formation and teaching. He trained under Peter Rostrup Bøyesen. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. Andersen received Eckersberg Medal and Thorvaldsen Medal.
Recognition and collections
Work by Mogens Andersen is
Statens Museum for Kunst and National Museum in Warsaw
Andersen, Mogens Helge Thestrup, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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