Artworks by Per Kirkeby at Galerie Michael Haas on artnet

Per Kirkeby

(Danish, 1938–2018)

Per Kirkeby

Kopf zu Hause II, 1991–1992

Price on Request

Per Kirkeby

Katalog: Per Kirkeby, 2007

Price on Request

Per Kirkeby

Zwei Arme I, 1983

120,000 EUR

Biography

Timeline

1938: Born in Copenhagen, Denmark
1962: Studies at the Experimental Art School in Copenhagen; works in the School on painting, graphic arts, 8 millimeter films and performance pieces
1974: First exhibition at Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany; publishes 'Fliegende Blätter'
1977: One-man exhibition in the Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany, with paintings, brick sculptures and books
1988: Publishes books of essays on Delacroix, Manet, Picasso
1990: Receives the Art Prize of NORD/LB, endowed for outstanding efforts in the subject of contemporary art
1996: Receives the Coutts Contemporary Art Foundation Award and the Henrik-Steffens-Award 1996
2000: Professorship at the Städelschule, Frankfurt a.M.
2003: Receives the Herbert-Boeckl-Preis for his lifework
2004: Lives and works in Copenhagen and Læsø, Denmark, and Arnasco, Italy
2011: Honored as Royal Academician at Royal Academy of Arts, London
2018: Per Kirkeby dies May 9 in Copenhagen

Exhibitions

2014: Die Sammlung im Fokus: Künstlerräume von Nolde bis Kirkeby, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany (solo)
Per Kirkeby, Kunsthalle Gießen, Gießen, Germany
2013: Macht/ Wahn/Vision: Der Turm und urbane Giganten in der Skulptur, Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Heilbronn, Germany (solo)
Penck, Lüpertz, Kirkeby: L’expression gravée, Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France (solo)
Per Kirkeby, galerie Bo Bjerggaard, Kopenhagen, Denmark (solo)
Präsentation: Per Kirkeby. Übermalungen, Galerie Michael Werner, Märkisch Wilmersdorf, Germany (solo)
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts, London, England (solo)
Gebrannte Erde, Herbert Gerisch Stiftung, Neumünster, Germany (solo)
Per Kirkeby: Paintings and Sculpture 1964-2010, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, USA (solo)
Constable, Delacroix, Friedrich, Goya: Die Erschütterung der Sinne, Galerie Neue Meister, Dresden, Germany (solo)
Per Kirkeby: New Paintings, Michael Werner Kunsthandel, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Strukturen der Natur, Franz Marc und Per Kirkeby: Druckgraphik, Franz Marc Museum, Kochel am See, Germany (solo)
Gestochen scharf: Meisterblätter von Dürer bis Kirkeby, Kramer Museum, Kempen, Germany (solo)
Neunzehnhundertsiebzig: Material, Orte, Denkprozesse, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern, Switzerland (solo)
Figurative Kunst aus Skandinavien, Die Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (solo)
2012: National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
2009: Per Kirkeby Retrospective, Tate Modern, London, England (solo)
Per Kirkeby: Monotypes, Julius Werner Berlin, Berlin, Germany (solo)
Per Kirkeby: Masonite + Modelle, Museo Nacianal Centro de Arte y Naturaleza, Fundación Beulas, Huesca, Spain
2008: Per Kirkeby, Kristinehamns Konstmusum, Kristinehamn, Sweden (solo)
Per Kirkeby Retrospective, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk, Denmark (solo)
Serial Works on Paper, Julius Werner, Berlin, Germany
Series Drawings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, USA
Per Kirkeby: Tavler & Skulpturer, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
Black Swan, Michael Werner London, London, England
Per Kirkeby: New Paintings, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Per Kirkeby. Skulpturen, Arbeiten auf Papier, Originalgrafik 1979 – 2006, Galerie Noah, Augsburg, Germany
2007: Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China
Per Kirkeby, Galerie Knust, München, Germany (solo)
Per Kirkeby: Masonites, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris, France (solo)
Per Kirkeby: Neue Bilder, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne and Julius Werner, Berlin, Germany
Per Kirkeby, Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago, USA (solo)
2006: Black and White: Drawings for Summer, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, USA
Eye on Europe: Prints, Books & Multiples / 1960 to Now, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
2005: Per Kirkeby, Galerie Vidal-Saint Phalle, Paris, France (solo)
Per Kirkeby: Recent Masonites, Michael Werner Gallery, New York, USA (solo)
Per Kirkeby: Recent Masonites, Galerie Michael Werner, Cologne, Germany (solo)
Per Kirkeby, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, USA (solo)
Per Kirkeby: New Paintings, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Kopenhagen, Denmark (solo)
Per Kirkeby: Prototypes of Nature, Kunsthalle im Emden, Emden, Germany (solo)
Per Kirkeby: DS Art Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (solo)
Per Kirkeby, Kunsthalle zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany (solo)
Per Kirkeby / Crystal: Reflections, Connections and References, Aargaouer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland
Homage to Chillida, Guggenheim, Bilbao, Spain
2004: Per Kirkeby: Bilder, Masonite, Zeichnungen, Galerie Gabriele von Loeper, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
Per Kirkeby, L.A. Louver Gallery, Venice, USA (solo)
Per Kirkeby: Natur und Gestalt. Retrospektive der Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Städtisches Kunstmuseum, Singen, Germany
Per Kirkeby: Retrospettiva dei Disegni, Accademia Tedesca in Roma, Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy (solo)
2003: Per Kirkeby: Natur und Gestalt, Retrospektive der Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg v.d.H., Germany (solo)
2002: Per Kirkeby: Monotypes, University Art Gallery, University Massachusetts Dartmouth, North Dartmouth, USA (solo)
DC: Per Kirkeby. 122 x 122 - Gemälde auf Masonit', Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany (solo)
2001: Per Kirkeby: Monotypien, Masonite, Bronzen, Deutsche Bank Luxembourg, Luxemburg (solo)
2000: Per Kirkeby: Die Karlsruher Jahre, im Hallenbau A, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany (solo)
1998: Per Kirkeby: Schilderijen, sculpturen en modellen in brons/Peintures, Sculptures et modèles en bronze', Paleis voor Schone Kunsten/Palais des Beaux Arts, Brussels, Belgium
1997: Per Kirkeby: Malerier og skulpturer, Galleri Riis, Oslo, Norway (solo)
1996: Per Kirkeby: Peintures 1992 - 1996, Maison des Arts Georges Pompidou, Centre d'art contemporain, Cajarc-Lot, France
1991: Per Kirkeby: Pinturas y Esculturas, Galeria Gamarra y Garrigues, Madrid, Spain
1990: Galerie Biedermann, Munich, Germany
1987: Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
1985: Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, England
1984: An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
1982: Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
1978: Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland
1977: Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
1975: Royal Museum of Fine Art, Copenhagen, Denmark

Literature

2003: Tøjner, Poul Erik: Per Kirkeby. Malerei. Köln : König, 2003
: Per Kirkeby. Natur und Gestalt. Retrospektive der Zeichnungen und Aquarelle, (Sinclair-Haus, Altana Kulturforum, Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe; Deutsche Akademie Rom, Villa Massimo; Städtisches Kunstmuseum Singen). Bad Homburg v.d. Höhe : ALTANA, 2003
1999: Per Kirkeby. Sorte billeder og bronzer. Schwarze Bilder und Bronzen, (Kat. Museumsberg, Flensburg, Tønder/ Flensburg: Sønderjyllands Kunstmuseum/Museumsberg, 1999
1997: Kirkeby, Per: Gespräche mit Lars Morell, Köln: König, 1998, (Kunstwissenschaftliche Bibliothek; Bd. 8), Zugl. Kopenhagen: Borgens, 1997
1994: Per Kirkeby. Großformatige Zeichnungen 1977-1994, (Kat.), Portikus, Frankfurt a.M., Münster: Kleinheinrich, 1994
1990: Per Kirkeby. Gemälde, Arbeiten auf Papier, Skulpturen 1977-90, (Kat.), Frankfurt a.M.: Städelsches Kunstinstitut, 1990
1989: Per Kirkeby. Pinturas, esculturas, grabados y escritos, (Kat.), Valencia: IVAM, Centre del Carme, 1989
1984: Per Kirkeby. Übermalungen 1964-1984, (Kat.), München: Kunstraum, 1984
1979: Hunov, John: Per Kirkeby. Oeuvrekatalog 1958-1977 over raderinger, linoleumssnit, træsnit, Kopenhagen: Borgens, 1979
1977: Per Kirkeby. Fliegende Blätter, (Kat.), Essen: Museum Folkwang, 1977

Per Kirkeby

(Danish, 1938–2018)

Per Kirkeby

Per Kirkeby

Per Kirkeby

Biography

Timeline

Exhibitions

Literature

Newsletter Signup