Ejler Bille (6 March 1910 – 1 May 2004) was a Danish artist.
Biography
Ejler Bille was born in
Odder
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. 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
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with
Bizzie Høyer 1930–1932 and the
Royal Danish Academy of Art
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark.
History
The Royal Dani ...
in 1933. In 1931, he made his debut at the Artists' Autumn Exhibition (''Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling'').
Bille joined
Linien
Linien (meaning "The Line") was an artists' association in Denmark in the 1930s and 1940s focusing on Abstraction and Symbolism. The group's exhibitions in Copenhagen created wide international participation. After the Second World War, the associ ...
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
The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts ( da, Det Kongelige Danske Kunstakademi - Billedkunst Skolerne) has provided education in the arts for more than 250 years, playing its part in the development of the art of Denmark.
History
The Royal Dani ...
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Awards
*1960:
Eckersberg Medal
The Eckersberg Medal (originally the ''Akademiets Aarsmedaille'' or Annual Academy Medal) is an annual award of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. It is named after Christoffer Wilhelm Eckersberg, known as the father of Danish painting.
The Ec ...
*1969:
Thorvaldsen Medal
The Thorvaldsen Medal ( Danish: Thorvaldsens Medalje, Thorvaldsen Medaillen) is awarded annually with few exceptions to a varying number of recipients by the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts and is its highest distinction within the visual arts. I ...
*1987:
Prince Eugen Medal
The Prince Eugen Medal ( sv, Prins Eugen-medaljen) is a medal conferred by the King of Sweden for "outstanding artistic achievement".
The medal was established in 1945 by the then King of Sweden, Gustaf V, in connection with the eightieth birthd ...
*2001: Amalienborg Prize
See also
*
List of Danish painters
This is a list of Danish painters who were born in or whose creative production is associated with Denmark:
A
* Axel Aabrink (1887–1965)
* Jørgen Aabye (1868–1959)
* Carl Frederik Aagaard (1833–1895)
* Nikolaj Abraham Abildgaard (1 ...
References
External links
Ejler Bille at Schäfer Grafisk Værksted
1910 births
2004 deaths
People from Odder Municipality
20th-century Danish painters
21st-century Danish painters
Abstract painters
Modern sculptors
Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts alumni
Danish watercolourists
Recipients of the Thorvaldsen Medal
Recipients of the Eckersberg Medal
20th-century Danish sculptors
20th-century Danish male artists
Recipients of the Prince Eugen Medal
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