Who was Carl-Henning Pedersen?
Q: Who was Carl-Henning Pedersen?
A: Carl-Henning Pedersen (23 September 1913 – 20 February 2007) was a Danish painter and a key member of the COBRA movement which existed from 1948 to 1951. He was known as the "Scandinavian Chagall", and was one of the leading Danish artists of the second half of the 20th century.
Q: When did he join the International Folk High School in Elsinore?
A: He joined the International Folk High School in Elsinore in 1933.
Q: What type of art did he produce?
A: He produced modernist style abstract works, with flat planes of colour, emulating the works of cubists and Paul Klee. Later on, he moved into monumental art in the 1960s and 1970s, producing mosaics, tiled wall decorations, bronze sculptures, oil paintings and watercolours.
Q: What awards did he win during his lifetime?
A: He won the Eckersberg Award in 1950 and Guggenheim Award in 1958. In 1963 he won Thorvaldsen Medal.
Q: Where did Pedersen move to later on in life?
A: In 1980s Pedersen moved to Burgundy but most of his work still came from Danish sources.
Q: How many children did Carl-Henning have?
A: Carl-Henning had two daughters - Vibeke Alfelt born 1934 and Kari-Nina born 1940.
Q:What kind of political beliefs did Carl-Henning hold ? A:Carl-Henning held radical political beliefs .
