Johnny Madsen (31 March 1951 – 4 November 2024) was a Danish musician, songwriter and painter. In the period 1983 to 1992, he was part of

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, a supergroup trio made of Madsen,

Lars Lilholt Lars Lilholt (born in Herlev, Denmark Denmark is a Nordic countries, Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark,, . also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally ...

and Allan Olsen. Johnny Madsen lived on the island of

Fanø Fanø () is a Danish island in the North Sea off the coast of southwestern Denmark, and is the very northernmost of the Danish Wadden Sea Islands. Fanø Municipality () is the '' kommune'' that covers the island and its seat is the town of Nor ...

, where he had his own art gallery, "Madsens Malerier". He was also part of Hobo Ekspressen. Madsen died on 4 November 2024, at the age of 73.

Painting

Madsen painted for many years, mostly inspired by

expressionism Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

and mentioned

Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh (; 30 March 185329 July 1890) was a Dutch Post-Impressionist painter who is among the most famous and influential figures in the history of Western art. In just over a decade, he created approximately 2,100 artworks ...

and

Jens Søndergaard Jens Søndergaard (October 4, 1895 – May 21, 1957) was a Danish expressionist painter. He specialised in strongly coloured landscapes depicting his feelings for the power of nature and the sea. Søndergaard won both national and international ...

as inspirations. Madsen exhibited in numerous galleries and at many events across Denmark and selected paintings are on permanent display at his art gallery on Fanø. In 2007, he published the book "''Hvorom alting er''", discussing the artistic process as he sees it, and showing a few of his own works. The book has only been printed in limited copies, with a few translated to English titled "By all means".

Discography

Solo

;Studio albums *1982: ''De tørre er de best... men våde er de flest'' *1986: ''Madsens septiktanker'' *1987: ''Chinatown, Yellow Moon og den sorte fugl'' *1988: ''Udenfor sæsonen'' *1989: ''Nattegn'' *1991: ''Bounty Blue'' *1994: ''Ses vi i Slesvig'' *1997: ''Room Service'' (1997) *1998: ''The Blues'' *1999: ''Checkpoint Charlie'' *2001: ''Den blinde lotterisælger'' *2003: ''Regnmanden'' *2007: ''Spidsen af kuglen'' *2011: ''Le New York'' *2015: ''Godt nyt'' ;Live albums *1992: ''Halgal Halbal'' (double CD) ;Compilation albums *1996: ''Madsens bedste – 40 af de fede'' (double CD) *2004: ''Madsen – på den anden side'' *2007: ''De Tørre & de bedste'' (double CD + DVD)

Dalton

;Albums *1992: ''Dalton'' *2009: ''Tyve Ti'' *2010: ''Var Her'' (Live 2 CDs +DVD) (with Allan Olsen and Lars Lilholt)

References

Sources

Johnny Madsen

Madsens Galleri

External links

Official website
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