Mogens Ege
Mogens Egil Ege (born October 4, 1892 in Copenhagen , † July 15, 1946 in Allinge ) was a Danish painter .
Life
Mogens Egil Ege was born the son of a senior executive at the Copenhagen Port Authority. At the age of 14, Mogens painted his first oil painting with motifs from Christianshavn . His father had planned an academic career for him, as for his brother Tage, and thought little of his artistic talent. However, he auditioned with him at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts , and Mogens Ege was accepted. He studied there from 1911 to 1914. He first visited Bornholm in 1910 , where he returned almost every summer.
Mogens Ege came to Bornholm around 1917 and, together with a painter friend, moved into the attic of Storetorv 12 in Rønne . Both had little money and painted a lot. They paid the rent to their landlord, businessman Adolf Olsen, with a picture Mogens Ege painted from a postcard: Taylor's Falls on the St. Croix River . During the First World War , Ege did his military service in Ryvangen . After the end of the war he traveled to Paris , where, in addition to painting, he was very receptive to life as a bohemian . He traveled on to Italy with the painter Peter Hansen, who was born on Funen . He later toured India and the United States twice .
Around 1920 he met Vibeke Holbøll, the daughter of postmaster Einar Holbøll, and married her. As a result, he was able to design the 1923 Danish Christmas stamp. In 1924 he traveled with his wife to New York for several years , where he painted a lot and had several exhibitions. At the same time, the marriage with Vibeke Holbøll failed. In the following years, Ege traveled a lot at home and abroad. In 1930 he painted three large paintings with motifs of the castles Kronborg , Frederiksborg and Fredensborg for the Sparkasse Frederiksborg. He immediately traveled to Paris from the fee.
In 1931, while painting in Vang on Bornholm , Ege met Rigmor Nielsen, the daughter of the local blacksmith. They married in 1932 and their son Torben was born in 1933. The family lived in Hellerup near Copenhagen in winter , and in spring they took the østbornholmske Dampskibsselskab to Allinge on Bornholm. Ege painted a lot in several hotels, which were then richly decorated with his pictures. The reviews of his numerous exhibitions in the 1930s praised his strong and strong colors as well as his choice of motifs in Bornholm's nature and coast. In 1943 the Ege family moved permanently to Allinge.
Ege was friends with the painters Herman Jensen and Peder Mørk Mønsted .
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1920: Solo exhibition in Copenhagen
- 1925: Group exhibition in New York
- 1926: Solo exhibition in New York
- 1930: Solo exhibition Hotel Postgaard, Holbaek, 30 pictures
- 1933: Solo exhibition at the Hotel Phoenix, Assens
- 1935: Solo exhibition in Hotel Scandinavia, Solna, 34 pictures
- 1936: Solo exhibition at Hotel Langeland, Rudkøbing
Works
- 1913: Steam ships in the port of Kiel (oil on canvas, 54 cm × 57 cm) in the collection of the Stadtmuseum Kiel in the Warleberger Hof
- 1923: En grønlandsk Konebaad (German: A Greenland woman's boat ), draft of the Danish Christmas stamp similar to German welfare stamps .
- 1923: Einar Holbøll , portrait
- Taylors Falls on the St. Croix River (oil on canvas)
- 1925: City Hall in Snow
- 1925: Afternoon
literature
- H. Slyngbom: Dansk Billedkunst - Biografisk Haandleksikon over Billedkunstens Udøvere gennem 400 Aar , Copenhagen 1947.
- Birte Nørregaard Pedersen: Et sofastykke af Mogens Ege , in: Bornholmske samlinger, Rk. 3, vol. 8, pp. 159-170 (1994).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ A b c d Clark S. Marlor: The Society of Independent Artists: the exhibition record 1917-1944 , Noyes, 1984, ISBN 9780815550631 , p. 224
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ege, Mogens |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ege, Mogens Egil (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 4, 1892 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 1946 |
| Place of death | Allinge |