Sven Dalsgaard Jensen (29 May 1914 – 22 January 1999) was a Danish painter, sculptor and writer.[1]
Biography
editBorn in Vorup near Randers, Dalsgaard was self-taught as a painter. His earliest paintings are Naturalistic but around 1934 he was inspired by Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee to paint more Abstract works.[1] He debuted at the Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling in 1943. Inspired by Marcel Duchamp, he embarked on Surrealism in the 1940s but moved into a simpler, more stylized approach in the 1950s, producing tall thin sculptures which he soon included in his paintings, for example Kristus fra Randers 1 (Christ from Randers 1, 1954).[2]
Awards
editIn 1978, Dalsgaard was awarded the Thorvaldsen Medal.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Sven Dalsgaard". Dansk Biografisk Leksikon (in Danish). Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ "Sven Dalsgaard". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Retrieved 9 November 2014.
- ^ Jens Henrik Sandberg. "Sven Dalsgaard" (in Danish). Kunstindeks Danmark & Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved 9 November 2014.