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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Neville Oluyemi Legall
Village Vibes, 1997
Watercolor on paper
8 x 10 in
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Mary Kate Welsh
VU-Rosemont Program Visits The Duomo, 1983
Hand Colored Etching
17.5 x 11.75 in
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Louis De Mayo
Western Landscape With Figure & Mules, 1953
Oil on board
6.5 x 15 in
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Mili Dunn Weiss
Water Lily
16 x 14 in
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Louis B. Sloan
West Chester Landscape
Oil on canvas
12.5 x 14 in
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Emlen Etting
Vortex
20.75 x 27.25 in
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Jack Coughlin
Walt Whitman
Lithograph
11.5 x 9 in
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Andre Bouquet
Village, Landscape With River
oil on canvas
18.5 x 20.75 in
About the artist
Henry Heerup
Danish
1905-1993