Erik Ortvad

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Erik Ortvad (born June 18, 1917 in Frederiksberg near Copenhagen , Denmark ; † February 29, 2008 in Kvänjarp , Sweden ) was a Danish painter and draftsman and has been a member of the CoBrA artists' association since 1948 .

life and work

Erik Ortvad was self-taught and known for colorful, surrealist painting. In addition to his paintings, he published numerous satirical drawings under the pseudonym Enrico . In 1962 Ortvad moved to Kvänjarp, Kronobergs län , Småland , Sweden. He died there in 2008.

“Erik Ortvad, born in 1917, has been part of the group for a little longer. Around 1941/42 his work takes on a very unique, wildly abstract trait. There is always something incomprehensible, surrealistic about the shadowy figures that are occasionally visible in it. "

Ortvad's works can be seen in the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Statens Museum for Kunst in Copenhagen and many other renowned exhibition houses.

Individual evidence

  1. kunstindex danmark Erik Ortvad , accessed on April 6, 2018 (English).
  2. cobra Erik Ortvad: 1917-2008 , accessed on April 6, 2018 (English).
  3. Erik Ortvad , accessed on 6 April 2018th
  4. ^ Cobra, Willemijn Stokvis, An International Movement in Art after World War II, page 11, Barcelona 1987, ISBN 3-07-50-9200-2