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RASMUS
SKOV, BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS AND CRITICAL STUDIES
SYNOPSIS
Rasmus Skov, Danish
painter, born 10 June, 1907 in Middelfart, Denmark.
Leading Neocubist painter, active for over fifty years. Educated in Copenhagen and Munich, Skov
started painting in 1929, initially based on Cezannian Impressionism 1929 -
1937, developing over a span of twenty years through several phases,
integrating first Fauvism [1937 - 1945] and Proto-cubism into a mature,
personal Neocubism starting in 1948 through 1985. Thus he is the only
Danish and Scandinavian painter to have worked seriously and consistently
with the Cubist paradigm of expression for several decades.
Skov worked primarily in
Denmark, interspersed by extended periods visiting and working in France,
Germany, Portugal, Brazil and USA, and his work has been exhibited since
1938 including in Paris and Nice 1938, Chicago 1957, Sao Paulo 1962, and
since 1939 periodically in Copenhagen.
In addition to more than
one thousand oil paintings, Skov has produced a similar number of drawings
and other works which include color pencil, crayon, gouache, charcoal,
paper-collage, linoleum cuts and mixed media. His art is characterized by
well balanced compositions and his unique ability to create innovative
color harmonies. Rasmus Skov will be recognized as the foremost Danish
twentieth-century Neocubist artist based on the prolific extent of his work
and his uncompromising dedication over a forty year period to Cubism.
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