Jørgen Boberg (24 October 1940 – 24 August 2009) was a self-taught

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Danish painter and illustrator.

Biography

Born in

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, Boberg was a self-taught artist. After first exhibiting at the Artists Autumn Exhibition (''Kunstneres Efterårsudstilling'') in 1962, he was associated with Copenhagen's Galleri Passepartout and became a founding member of the Passepartout artists association in 1964. When in Paris in the mid-1960s, he became acquainted with Surrealistic painting which he interpreted in his own style. Boberg was a leading representative of Danish Surrealism, creating both figure paintings and landscapes with a high level of technical perfection. From 1973, he was a member of Grønningen. Towards the end of the 1980s, Boberg created strongly coloured paintings in a collage-like style combining pieces of food with pornography. He went on to depict a series of sensuous situations with photographic realism as a starting point, producing images combining engineering drawing with painting while addressing the tension between art and life. In 2000, Boberg painted the portrait of Queen Margrethe. Boberg lived in

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in Italy for almost 30 years before returning to Denmark. He died in

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in August 2009 after a long illness. His son

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is a successful poet and travel writer.

Awards

In 1990, Boberg was awarded the

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 ...

and, in 1999, the

Thorvaldsen Medal The Thorvaldsen Medal (Danish language, 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 th ...

References

External links

Jørgen Boberg website (Danish)Illustrated list of Jørgen Boberg's works in Danish museums from Kunstindeks Danmark
{{DEFAULTSORT:Boberg, Jorgen 1940 births 2009 deaths 20th-century Danish painters 21st-century Danish painters Danish portrait painters 20th-century Danish illustrators 21st-century Danish illustrators People from Roskilde Recipients of the Thorvaldsen Medal Recipients of the Eckersberg Medal