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Nicolas
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Composition, 1955
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Born in 1912 Copenhagen Denmark - Died 1993
Sculptor, painter, printmaker
Biography
Before the Second World War Jacobsen worked in wood and stone, but after settling in Paris in 1947 he turned his attentions to abstract welded steel constructions in which line and form are brought spontaneously into balance with each other to produce a rhythmic elegance. In so doing he was following an artistic trail originally blazed by the Spanish sculptor Gonzalez in the period before the war.
Jacobsen has often been linked to the COBRA movement because of his friendship with Mortensen and Asger Jorn, although this is not entirely correct. Formally he belonged to the group of abstract artists around the famous Parisian gallery owner Denise René, who was later to make Vasarely’s «Op-Art» one of the greatest movements of its time. In 1955, after Jacobsen had already acquired considerable international recognition, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam honored him with a stunning retrospective.
His work can be divided in two genres: welded metal figures made in his «free time» and the more profound abstract constructions. Jacobsen painted these latter structures black, giving them the appearance of spatial drawings. From the later 1950’s his work becomes tauter, more compact and more prolific. All the major international museums of modern art include early works by Jacobsen in their collections.
Galerie Birch had close relationship with Robert and he made many exhibitions in our gallery. The first was in 1951 followed by others in 60-67-68-70-80-83-84-86 and 1987.
Selected exhibitions
Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
São Paulo
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Guggenheim Museum, New York
Biennale, Venezia
Galerie Ariel, Paris
Palais Reale, Milan
FIAC, Paris
Yorkshire Sculpture Park
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seoul, South Korea
Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen
Tokyo Art Expo
Musée Matisse, Le Cateau-Cambrésis
Selected representations
Statens Museum for Kunst
NY Carlsberg Glyptotek
Louisiana
Nordjyllands Kunstmuseum
Herning Kunstmuseum
Musee d'Art Wallon, Liege, Belgium
Museo de Arte Moderna, Sao Paulo, Brasil
Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
Didrichsenin Taidmuseo, Helsinki, Finland
Musee National d'Art Modern, Paris, France
Musee des Beaux-Art, Rennes, France
Fond National d'Art Contemporain, France
Musee Rodin Paris, France
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller, Otterloo, the Netherlands
Nationalgalerie, Oslo, Norway
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Musee des Beaux-Art, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland
Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum, Budapest, Hungary
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, USA
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, USA
Honorary and rewards
Scholarship to stay at ”The Danish Art House”, Paris 1947
Kai Nielsen 1962
International Sculptor Award, Biennale in Venezia 1966
Thorvaldsen Medaillen 1967
Prins Eugen Medaillen 1974
LOs Kulturpris 1981, 1983
Ordre des Arts et des Lettres 1987
Medlem af censurkomiteen for KE 1944-45
Professor at the ”Akademie der Bildenden Künste”, Munich 1962-82
Professor at the ”Royal Danish Art Academy, Copenhagen 1976-83
Honors Professor at the ”Academies” in Munich and Florence
Member of the representative to the States Art Foundation 1977-81
Knight of the Honorary Legion, France
Knight of 1st class of the Order of Dannebrog
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