artist: Bamse Kragh-Jacobsen (Danish 1913-1992)
medium: colour lithograph
dimensions: 81 x 60 frame size (approx)
limited edition - provetryk (artist proof) 5/18
signed and dated 64
* note - there is a small printing imperfection at the centre of the print - overall the print still presents very nicely
presented in a hand finished timber frame with archival mat and backing and non-reflective UV glass
AU $1950 (approx US $1210 / 1175 EUROS / 189,000 yen / 990 GBP - for exact current conversion visit xe.com)
artist bio
Hans Bernhardt (Bamse) Kragh-Jacobsen was born in Copenhagen on 3rd February, 1913. He was a pioneering Danish artist.
He studied at the Reimann-Schule in Berlin, an avant-garde art school related to the Bauhaus from 1933. In Berlin he received his early impressions of contemporary art. After completing his studies, he returned to Copenhagen during World War II. Bamse Kragh-Jacobsen debuted at the Artists' Autumn Exhibition (Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling) in Copenhagen in 1945.
Two years later, in 1947, Bamse Kragh-Jacobsen together with the Danish artists Ib Geertsen, Niels Macholm, Albert Mertz and Richard Winther, founded the artist collective Linien II. Linien (the predecessor of Linien II) was founded in Denmark in the late 1930s and focused on abstraction and symbolism. After the Second World War, Linien II became a centre of gravity in Danish contemporary art.
The first exhibition for Linen II - which also featured performances and concerts alongside paintings and sculptures - was held at Tokantens Galerie in Copenhagen in the summer of 1948. At this exhibition, Bamse Kragh-Jacobsen showed, among other works, the painting Hommage à Piet Mondrian, which today is part of the collections at the Esbjerg Art Museum.
Bamse Kragh-Jacobsen's many notable solo exhibitions include several exhibitions at Galleri Tokanten, Copenhagen (1945, 1967, 1972, 1979 and 1992), Atelier 53 in Copenhagen (1982 and 1986), Galleri Riis og Givskov in Horsens (1983), Gallery Unique Art in Stribgaarden (1984) and Bispegården's Kunstudstilling in Kalundborg (1984).
Kragh-Jacobsen became a unifying force and exhibited extensively throughout his career, alongside his contemporary Danish colleagues. With the collective Linien II (1947-1951), Bamse Kragh-Jacobsen carried out significant group exhibitions, which echoed within Danish contemporary art. These exhibitions include: Forårsudstilling (Spring exhibition) at Konsthallen Charlottenborg, Copenhagen (1969); The Grønningen Artists Association in Copenhagen (1970-71) and Brandt's Art Museum in Odense (1988).
Bamse Kragh-Jacobsen passed away in Copenhagen at the age of 79 on 17th February, 1992.