Vilhelm Bjerke Petersen - (1909-1957) Aquarellist Titel “Masque “ - Sold
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- Description
- Vilhelm Bjerke Petersen (1909-1957)
| Type of artwork | Painting |
| Period | 1900 to 1944 |
| Technique | Acrylic |
| Support | Canvas |
| Style | Surrealistic |
| Subject | Abstract |
| Framed | On stretcher |
| Dimensions | 100 x 100 cm (h x w) |
| Signed | Hand signed |
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Vilhelm Bjerke Petersen (24 December 1909 in Copenhagen - 13 September 1957 in Halmstad) was a Danish painter.
Life and work!
Petersen was the son of museum director Carl Petersen, from whom he gained a great deal of knowledge of art history. This knowledge was of great influence on his later work. In 1929 he started studying at the art academy in Oslo. In 1930 and 1931 he studied at the Bauhaus in Dessau. After returning to Denmark, he became one of the leading figures in the Danish artistic world in the 1930s. In 1933 he founded the artist group Linien (Line B).
Petersen painted in a surrealist style. He was also a theorist and published several books and magazine articles on abstract and surrealist art.
In World War II he had to flee to Sweden, not only because of his communist sympathies, but also because of the 1935 work Masters and Ideals, which depicts Adolf Hitler and his officers as war victims with amputated limbs.
Life and work!
Petersen was the son of museum director Carl Petersen, from whom he gained a great deal of knowledge of art history. This knowledge was of great influence on his later work. In 1929 he started studying at the art academy in Oslo. In 1930 and 1931 he studied at the Bauhaus in Dessau. After returning to Denmark, he became one of the leading figures in the Danish artistic world in the 1930s. In 1933 he founded the artist group Linien (Line B).
Petersen painted in a surrealist style. He was also a theorist and published several books and magazine articles on abstract and surrealist art.
In World War II he had to flee to Sweden, not only because of his communist sympathies, but also because of the 1935 work Masters and Ideals, which depicts Adolf Hitler and his officers as war victims with amputated limbs.
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| Shipment | Parcel post | ||||||||||
| Price | Up to 2 kg.
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