Jacob Kjeldgaard

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Jacob Kjeldgaard (born September 4, 1884 in Copenhagen , † 1964 in Paris ) was a Danish photographer and journalist who emigrated to France. He is known under the stage name "Marinus" above all for his satirical photo montages in the French pre-war weekly newspaper Marianne (1932–1940), comparable to those of John Heartfield .

Life

He was the fifth child of a Danish master craftsman in the capital. After primary school, he attended grammar school and the polytechnic school. His professional goal was an artist. In 1909 he emigrated to the French capital in order to be able to realize himself more effectively.

His collages were inspired by classical masterpieces ( Leonardo da Vinci , Breughel , Eugène Delacroix , Auguste Rodin ...) and by the cinema ( King Kong , Ben Hur , ...). The main targets of his pacifist-political photo montages were Hitler and Stalin . One often meets Benito Mussolini , Hermann Göring , Joseph Goebbels , Theodore Roosevelt , Chamberlain , Daladier .

Only because he hid himself under the pseudonym "Marinus" and consistently acted in the background, Kjeldgaard was able to survive the German occupation.

The Danish public only found out about his work through an exhibition at the Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum Aalborg in late 2007 . The photographic collections in the Museum Ludwig in Cologne showed a retrospective of his works from August 8 to October 19, 2008 under the title “Hitler blind and Stalin lame”.

His works are now also playing a role on the art market. A permanent reminder web presence has been set up under his name in his hometown of Copenhagen. However, this is only available in Danish (2009).

literature

  • Marinus and Marianne. Photomontages satiriques 1932-1940 Editions Alternatives, Paris 2008, ISBN 978-286227-571-0

Web links

Individual references, footnotes

  1. ↑ Training in Copenhagen (with photo) ( Memento of the original from March 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.marinus.dk
  2. ↑ Netzeitung of August 4, 2008: "Marinus - a photo mechanic against Hitler" ( Memento of November 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Museum Ludwig: Archive of the exhibitions in the Museum Ludwig ( Memento of the original from January 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.museenkoeln.de
  4. ↑ http://www.artnet.com/artist/674365/jacob-kjeldgaard-marinus.html
personal data
SURNAME Kjeldgaard, Jacob
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Marinus (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish photographer, journalist and photo montage artist
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Copenhagen
DATE OF DEATH 1964
Place of death Paris