Kâle Rosing
Karl "Kâle" Frederik Johan Peter Rosing (born June 6, 1911 in Tasiilaq , † May 19, 1974 in Copenhagen ) was a Greenlandic artist .
Life
Kâle Rosing was the son of the missionary Hans Christian Theodor Rosing (1866–1944) and his wife Malene Karoline Klara Kreutzmann (1869–1943). His paternal grandmother was the midwife Karoline Rosing (1842–1901), his maternal grandfather the artist Jens Kreutzmann (1828–1899). His brothers included Peter Rosing (1892–1965) and Otto Rosing (1896–1965). In 1936 he married Nielsine Abelone Martha Zethsen (1916–1944), daughter of Regional Councilor Lars Jonas Peter Johannes Zethsen (1881–?) And his wife Marie Dorthea Beate Jensen (1882–?). After her death on February 2, 1945 in Copenhagen, he married Betty Helene Kragh (1908–1986), daughter of the machine master Holger William Kragh and his wife Olga Thorbjørnsen. The marriage was divorced and on June 3, 1955 he married Elin Sonja Ingrid Fencker (1928–?), Daughter of the colonial administrator Karl Frederik Hannibal Anton Fencker and his wife Ragnhild Anna Cronfeldt.
Kâle Rosing was born in Tasiilaq, where his father served as a missionary. When the family holiday in Denmark, made ill kale at a middle ear infection and had to remain in Copenhagen. He then grew up as the foster son of Bishop Christian Ludwigs in Aalborg . In 1929 he graduated from Aalborg Cathedral School and began studying medicine, which he broke off in 1932. In 1933 he moved to Greenland, where he worked at Grønlands Styrelse . While he was in Denmark in 1940, the connection to Greenland was broken by the war and he worked for Den Kongelige Grønlandske Handel until 1945 . He then returned to Greenland and worked in the governor's office in Nuuk . He was later a chamberlain and district judge in Maniitsoq and Ilulissat .
Kâle Rosing worked as a draftsman and watercolor painter . After the Second World War, he became the first Greenlanders, who with linocut worked after the editor of Grønlandsposten , Kield Rask Therkilsen, had asked him to. His linocuts were then used by the newspaper, often as cover illustrations. His works were mostly atmospheric depictions of landscapes, animals and everyday scenes. They have been exhibited in Greenland, Denmark and the USA.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rosing, Kâle |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Rosing, Karl Frederik Johan Peter (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greenland artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1911 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tasiilaq |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 19, 1974 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |