Jørgen Kofoed Rømer (9 May 1923 – 1 July 2007) was a Danish art historian, graphic artist and painter.

Biography

Born in

Sæby Sæby () is a town and seaport located on the east coast of the historical region of Vendsyssel in the Jutland peninsula in northern Denmark. The town is located in Frederikshavn municipality in Region Nordjylland. It has a population of 8,838 ( ...

near

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, Rømer studied the history of art at

Copenhagen University The University of Copenhagen ( da, Københavns Universitet, KU) is a prestigious public university, public research university in Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Founded in 1479, the University of Copenhagen is the second-oldest university in ...

from 1943 to 1952 but was self-taught as an artist. Together with

Richard Winther Richard Ludvig Philip Weibull Winther (23 July 1926, Maribo, Denmark–30 August 2007, Vindeby, Denmark) was a Danish artist. His career focused mainly on painting, graphics, photography and sculpture. Richard's work was greatly influenced by Asg ...

, from 1957 he created a series of graphic experiments at the

Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts 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 Dan ...

, initially in connection with research into the technique adopted by the 17th-century Dutch artist

Hercules Seghers Hercules Pieterszoon Seghers or Segers ( 1589 – 1638) was a Dutch painter and printmaker of the Dutch Golden Age. Segers is in fact the more common form in contemporary documents, and was used by the painter himself (modern use is about equall ...

. From 1946 to 1992, Rømer worked for Statens Kunsthistoriske Fotografisamling (Danish Art Historical Photographic Collection) and from 1974 he was also research librarian at the Art Academy Library. He developed his own artistic idiom inspired by his association with the experimental Eks-skolen. Miniature organic motifs provide an interpretation of nature's smallest constituents in carefully detailed drawings, prints and watercolours. He was particularly interested in etching as a medium as it allowed him to work with contrast between black and white. Together with Winther, he attempted to adopt the techniques used by the old masters. However, as his health began to suffer from the fluids used in etching, he turned instead to drawing and watercolour.

Awards

In 1986, Rømer 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 Ec ...

and in 2006 the

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 ...

References

Literature

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Romer, Jorgen 1923 births 2007 deaths 20th-century Danish painters 20th-century Danish illustrators People from Frederikshavn Municipality Recipients of the Eckersberg Medal Recipients of the Thorvaldsen Medal University of Copenhagen alumni