Ole Sporring

Ole Sporring studied at Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Employment is recorded with Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. Work by Ole Sporring is recorded in the collections of Statens Museum for Kunst and Print Collection. Distinctions recorded are Statens Kunstfonds hædersydelse, Eckersberg Medal and Thorvaldsen Medal.

Born in Frederiksberg, Sporring studied at the graphic and paintings schools of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts from 1961 to 1965 under Dan Sterup-Hansen and Egill Jacobsen. He developed his own figurative approach, building on the work of Palle Nielsen and Svend Wiig Hansen, producing drawings enhanced by several layers of colour. Sporring also worked on comic strips including Lille Vov from the end of the 1960s He decorated the Næshøjskolen in Harlev with 28 sculptures and paintings. In addition to his exquisitely colourful, often humorous prints, Sporring has been an effective advocate of more democracy and less bureaucracy in art institutions. He has also shown concern for the effects of climate change on the environment. Sporring was a professor at the Royal Danish Academy from 1700 to 1995.

Ole Sporring is recorded with the occupation graphic artist. Recorded with the occupation illustrator. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded as painter, illustrator and graphic artist. Recognition and collections. Sporring received Statens Kunstfonds hædersydelse, Eckersberg Medal and Thorvaldsen Medal.