Arthur Nielsen (painter)
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Arthur Nielsen is a listed and very well known Danish
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 artist
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. His tutor was Henrik Dohm (from 1909–1911). He studied and traveled in Germany
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, Austria
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 and Italy
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. Arthur Nielsen was a co-founder of the Association of the Deer Park artists in 1913.

Exhibitions

  • The Deer Park painters from 1913.
  • Art association of 18 November 1923-24, 1926–27, 1930, 1932–36, 1932–36, 1940-42.
  • Charlottenborg Spring 1934.
  • The Independent (Den Frie) 1918
  • Charlottenborg 1936.
  • Aarhus Art Association 1937 together with numerous other censured art exhibition
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    s.

Style

Arthur Nielsen is known for his beautiful painting
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s of Danish landscape
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s and he worked the last 10 years (from 1936–1946) with large surfaces and applied the paint by means of a filling knife and scraped his signature
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in the wet paint. His paintings hold the essence of the particular light and colours of the seasons of the year.
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