Per Kirkeby
Untitled, 2012
Mixed media on masonite
122 x 122 cm / 48.03 x 48.03 inches
PKIR_049
Per Kirkeby
Untitled, 2010
Gouache and chalk on paper
42 x 29.50 cm / 16.54 x 11.61 inches
PKIR_036
Per Kirkeby
Untitled, 1993
Coal and gouache on paper
64.50 x 99.50 cm / 25.39 x 39.17 inches
PKIR_033
Per Kirkeby
Karlsruhe, 1986
Gouache and chalk on paper
42 x 56.50 cm / 16.54 x 22.24 inches
PKIR_042
Per Kirkeby
Untitled, 2012
Mixed media on masonite
122 x 122 cm / 48.03 x 48.03 inches
PKIR_050
Per Kirkeby
Untitled, 2015
Mixed media on masonite
122x 122 cm / 48 x 48 inches
PKIR_002
Per Kirkeby
Untitled, 2011
Gouache and pencil on paper
42 x 59.50 cm / 17 x 23 inches
PKIR_038
Per Kirkeby
Untitled, 2011
Gouache, pencil and chalk on paper
42 x 59.50 cm / 17 x 23 inches
PKIR_047
Per Kirkeby
Untitled, 2012
Mixed media on masonite
122 x 122 cm / 48.03 x 48.03 inches
PKIR_004
Per Kirkeby exhibition 2020
Per Kirkeby exhibition 2015
Born in Copenhagen, 1938–2018
The Danish artist Per Kirkeby was one of Scandinavia’s most famous and beloved artists. He was a multi-talent renowned not only as an artist but also as a writer, poet, filmmaker, and even a geologist. Kirkeby’s rare array of gifts finds reflection in his artistic output, which is unmatched in its consummate power of expression.
Kirkeby established his name in the art world in the 1960s. During his long career, he held numerous solo exhibitions all around the world. He represented Denmark at the 1976 Venice Biennale and his work is found in collections including Stockholm’s Moderna Museet, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art Denmark, New York’s Museum of Modern Art and Metropolitan Museum of Art, London’s Tate Modern, and the Center Pompidou in Paris.
