Education
Born in Kalundborg, Rørup studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts under Ejnar Nielsen and Sigurd Wandel, graduating in 1930.
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He debuted in 1928 at the Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling (Artists" Autumn Exhibition). In 1927, he moved into a house in Kårup Bakker in Odsherred as one of the first to join Karl Bovin and Kaj Ejstrup in the group of artists known as the Odsherred Painters. Until 1940, he was mainly a figure painter but he then extended his scope to landscapes.
His early paintings are rather dark but after spending some time in France studying the works of the Impressionists, his palette became brighter and his colours more intense, forming a webbing of light and shade.
He increasingly developed an Impressionistic style approaching Pointillism. He travelled widely in the 1950s, producing many drawings and sketches in various European countries.
Rørup"s paintings have been exhibited across Denmark and in Rostock, Stockholm and Ukraine. In 2014, his Rødvinsselskabet (Red Wine Party, 1967) was one of the highlights of the Hverdagen er en fest (Every Day is a Party) exhibition at Odherreds Museum.
Membership
From 1942, he was a member of the Corner artists association, where he also exhibited.
