Carl-Henning Pedersen
Carl-Henning Pedersen (23 September 1913 – 20 February 2007) was a
Biography
Pedersen was born in
Pedersen travelled on foot to
He and his wife were amongst the founding members of the CoBrA movement in 1948. The movement took its name from the European cities where its founders were based:
Pedersen moved into monumental art in the 1960s and 1970s, producing a large
Else Alfelt died in 1974, and Pedersen moved to
Pedersendied in Copenhagen, after a long illness. He was survived by his second wife, Sidsel Ramson.
The museum
Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelts Museum in Birk outside Herning, Denmark. The museum was designed by C.F. Møller (1898-1988) in 1976. Notorious for resisting selling his works, Pedersen donated thousands to the Carl-Henning Pedersen and Else Alfelt Museum. The museum houses a collection of the artist couple Carl-Henning Pedersen and Else Alfelt's paintings, watercolors, sculptures, mosaics.
Literature
- Astrid Heise-Fjeldgren and Sylvie Poignet (2004): Carl-Henning Pedersen, Akvareller og tegninger, tekster og digte Borgen, ISBN 87-21-02141-4. Edited by CHPs second wife Sidsel Ramson. (in Danish)
References
- ^ "Carl-Henning Pedersen". Kunstindeks Danmark/Weilbachs Kunstnerleksikon. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
Other sources
- Obituary, International Herald Tribune, February 21, 2007
- Obituary, The Independent, 26 February 2007
- Obituary, The Guardian, 13 March 2007
- Obituary, The Times, 28 March 2007
- Biography Carl-Henning Pedersen & Else Alfelts Museum