Background
Jørn Larsen was born in Næstved in 1926.
Jørn Larsen was born in Næstved in 1926.
He first apprenticed as a house painter in his home town but in 1848 moved to Copenhagen where he attended drawing classes.
He represented Denmark at the Venice Biennale in 1993. He was admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 1851 but left after completing just one semester to go to Italy. Over the next couple of years he travelled abundantly in Europe, spending his time mainly in France, Spain, Greece and Turkey.
In 1955 he made his first non-figurative pictures and had his debut with them at the Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling (autumn exhibition) in Copenhagen.
A stay in eastern Greenland during 1959 and 1960 inspired him to paint a series of pictures known as the Kutdleq Suite after his return home. From 1962 he developed a black-and-white geometrical style and created both objects and sculptures in various materials, including marble, granite and steel.
In 1970 he became a member of the artists group Grønningen.