Troels Wörsel
Troels Wörsel (November 10, 1950 - December 12, 2018) was a Danish painter active in Cologne and Pietrasanta.
Also recorded as Troels Vørsel
Troels Wörsel
- Born
- 1950 · Aarhus.
- Died
- 2018 · Cologne.
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Denmark
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator · graphic artist
- Honours
- Eckersberg Medal · Thorvaldsen Medal
- Languages
- Danish
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Troels Wörsel (November 10, 1950 - December 12, 2018) was a Danish painter active in Cologne and Pietrasanta.
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The recorded working language is Danish. Work by Troels Wörsel is recorded in the collections of Finnish National Gallery, Städel Museum, Museum of Modern Art, Statens Museum for Kunst and Bavarian State Painting Collections. Distinctions recorded are Eckersberg Medal and Thorvaldsen Medal.
Troels Wörsel was born in Aarhus, Denmark. He was self taught. In the 1970s, he moved to Cologne and became interested in pop and conceptual art. His art usually addressed philosophical issues, such as the relationship between space and time. In 1981, he contributed to the pioneer exhibition Rundschau Deutschland in Munich and Cologne and at the Bildwechsel at Akademie der Künste in Berlin. He represented Denmark at the fifty-second Venice Biennale in 2007. In 1995 Wörsel was awarded the Eckersberg Medal, and in 2002 he won Carnegie Art Award first prize, and in 2004, he received the Thorvaldsen Medal. He died in 2018 at Cologne, Germany. His work is displayed at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the Centre Pompidou in Paris.
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1950
Troels Wörsel born at Aarhus.
2018
Troels Wörsel died at Cologne.
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Troels Wörsel received Eckersberg Medal and Thorvaldsen Medal. Recorded as having received Eckersberg Medal and Thorvaldsen Medal.
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Finnish National Gallery, Städel Museum, Museum of Modern Art and Statens Museum for Kunst
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