Henry Heerup (1907–1993) was a Danish artist born in Copenhagen and educated at the Royal Danish Academy of Art. Drawing on the ideals of free expression, he became involved with several influential art groups, including Linien, Høst, and later, the CoBrA movement. While he exhibited with CoBrA in Amsterdam and Liège in 1949 and 1951, Heerup never signed the CoBrA manifesto. Despite this, Heerup’s work exemplified the CoBrA ideals of breaking down the boundaries that separate art from everyday life until his death in 1993.
Additional Artworks
From Villanova University Art Collection
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Henry Heerup
Onde Tunger (Evil Tongues), 1981
oil on board
17.5 x 34.5 in
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Henry Heerup
Mozart and Wife, 1978
oil on board
25.5 x 33.5 in
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Diego Rivera
Nina Con Flores,, Could be incorrect date
Photomechanical
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John Kucera
Night Scene of Three Fisherman In A Boat, c. 1950
woodblock print
5.5 x 8.5 in
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Vera White
No 2 Italian Quarter, Philadelphia in 1919, 1943
Print
10.5 x 12 in
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Vera White
No. 1 - Italian Quarter Philadelphia In 1919, 1943
Lithograph
10.75 x 12 in
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Walter Emerson Baum
Nude Women in a Landscape, 1942
Lithograph
8.5 x 10 in
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Elizabeth Bijot
Les Estifactions Paris, 1902
Etching
4.75 x 7.75 in
About the artist
Henry Heerup
Danish
1905-1993