“The Stubborn Bird I/Den Stædige Fugl I”, 1957

Asger Jorn 1914-1973

“The Stubborn Bird I/Den Stædige Fugl I”, 1957

Signed and dated, signed and dated on the reverse

Oil on canvas 81 x 100 cm

 

Provenance:

Galerie Krugier et Cie, Geneva

Literature:

Guy Atkins: “Asger Jorn: The crucial years 1954-1964”, no. 1022

Exhibited:

Galerie Benador, Geneva, ”Jorn, Peintures, Modifications, Gouaches, Céramiques, 1946 – 1961”, Oct. 1961
Basel Kunsthalle, ”Asger Jorn – Eugene Dodeigne” 24 oct. – 22 nov. 1964 no. 56
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam ”Jorn” dec. 1964 – 25 jan. 1965 no. 63
Louisiana, Humlebæk ”Jorn” 1965 no. 65
Aldo Pellegrini, London 1965 ”New tendencies in art”, ill. in the catalogue p. 57

Year 1957
Artist Asger Jorn 1914-1973
Price Price on request
Materials Oil on canvas
Height 81 cm
Width 100 cm

The story behind

 

Asger Jorn (1914-1973) has over the past 20 years, become an international visual artist known for his paintings, ceramics, sculptures and his writing. In 1936 he travels to Paris and he becomes a student at one of modernism’s major painters, Fernand Léger, and experimenting in the following years with different expressions, materials and joint works in both Paris and Denmark.

Among other things, he assists Léger and the French architect Le Corbusier, at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1937. He also attends teaching at the Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. In the late 1960’s he is found in Albissola in Italy, where he becomes found of working with ceramic and sculptures.

In his years, Jorn worked in many different materials and media: painting, graphics, sculpture, weaving, drawing, collage and ceramics. He also wrote a huge number of articles and theoretical books about everything that interested him and especially art and politics. He had an extensive acquaintance with artists, philosophers, poets, scientists and political freelancers.

In 1948 he was one of the founders of the CoBrA avent-garde movement, which came to life in a café in Paris. He was joined by Karel Appel, Constant, Corneille, Christian Dortremont and Joseph Noiret. Later both Pierre Alechinsky and the Danish artist Carl-Henning Pedersen joined the movement. The group existed until 1951 and is still considered as one of the most influential post-war art movements.

Asger Jorn’s works can be found in several important museums in Europe and at the Guggenheim in New York.

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