Albert Bertelsen (17 November 1921 – 10 December 2019) was a Danish

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Biography

Bertelsen was born in

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. Bertelsen is primarily known for his landscape paintings and graphic works in green colours. His work often feature the

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have also provided him with inspiration. Bertelsen also made object studies and humorous portraits. He states that these are often people he has met as a child, and he attempted to paint them as though seen through a child's eyes. Bertelsen was inspired to take up painting by the Danish

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artist Henry Heerup. Nevertheless, Bertelsen's art is quite different from Heerup's.

External links

albertbertelsen.dk

References

* Beck Peter: ''Alberts Atelier'', Bruun-Rasmussens Kunstauktioner: Auktionsliv nr. 9, forår 2006 1921 births 2019 deaths 20th-century Danish illustrators Danish landscape painters People from Vejle Municipality Danish portrait painters 20th-century Danish painters 21st-century Danish painters {{Denmark-painter-stub