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ANDERSEN, Mogens was born on August 8, 1916 in Copenhagen. Son of late Einar F. T. Andersen and late Erna Ingeborg, nee Andersen.
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Mogens Andersen, Danish Painter, author. Decorated knight Chevalier de la Legion d’Honneur'honneur, officier Art et Lettres (France); knight of Dannebrog (Denmark); recipient Eckersberg medal Royal Academy.Fire Arts, 1949, Thorvalden medal, 1984.
M C. Member Council Danish Radio and television, 1968-1974.
Education
Born in Copenhagen, Andersen studied painting at P. Rostrup Bøyesen"s art school (1933-1939).
Career
Copenhagen 1935-1940, 1942-1950, 1953-1966, 1967; Paris 1950-1974, 1981. Private Exhibitions: Copenhagen 1953, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1976 (retrospective), Alborg (Denmark) 1954, 1972, Lund (Sweden) 1959, Paris 1951, 1959, 1963, 1966, 1967, 1973, 1975, 1981, Warsaw 1973, Belgrade 1973, Zagreb, Randers 1981, Aarhus 1982, 1988, Budapest 1983, 1984, Pittsburgh 1987; group exhibitions in Europe and the United States of America; Venice Biennale 1968, retrospective Copenhagen 1988, Aarhus Kunstmuseum 1990; paintings hung in Modem Museum, Skopje 1965, Bridgestone Museum, Tokyo, Kunstmuseum, Malmo, and many other museums in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Poland and United States of America Major works: Composition in Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen 1955, Mural, Central Library, Copenhagen 1958-1959, Composition in Central Library, Arhus 1964, October, State Art Museum 1964, Mural, Gentofte Town Hall 1971, Restaurante Copenhagen, Paris 1973, Handelsbanken, Copenhagen 1975, Northern Feather Institute, Danmarks Tekniske Hojskole 1979, Panum-institutet, Copenhagen 1981, Kunstmuseum, Bochum 1981, Musikhuset, Aarhus 1982, Metalskolen, Holstebro, Skafogaard, Mbrke konstmuseum, Lund, Mural in Sejs Church, Denmark 1989.He first exhibited at Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling in 1935. His early works were earthy-coloured figure paintings but he was more interested in French Modernism. After the Second World War, he spent lengthy periods in Paris until 1965, where he was attracted by Abstract art
Andersen"s first major work in Denmark was Abstract decoration in the Central Library on Kultorvet (1959) which caused considerable discussion but there was more solid appreciation of his later assignments, including the Bochum Museum of Art (1981) and Sejs-Svejbæk Church near Silkeborg (1990).
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Membership
Committee Danish Art Exhibition Arrangement 1956-1958. Royal Academy, of Fine Arts 1956, Professor 1970-1972.
Connections
Married Inger Therkildsen, November 28, 1947. Children: Christian, Benedicte.
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Thorvaldsen Medal; Eckersberg Medal In 1949, Andersen was awarded the Eckersberg Medal and, in 1984, the Thorvaldsen Medal.
The Eckersberg Medal (originally the Akademiets Aarsmedaille or Annual Academy Medal) is an annual award of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.; The Thorvaldsen Medal 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.The Eckersberg Medal (originally the Akademiets Aarsmedaille or Annual Academy Medal) is an annual award of the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.; The Thorvaldsen Medal 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.