Gunnar Aagaard Andersen

Gunnar Aagaard Andersen

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Gunnar Aargaard Andersen is one of the most creative and innovative Danish designers of the 20th century. This is the beginning of the 19th century. Aargaard Andersen will be Born and died on July 29, 1919 in Ordrup, a village in the municipality of Gentofte, north of Copenhagen It is also located in Denmark, more precisely in the coastal town of Munkerup. To describe Gunnar Aargaard Andersen as a designer alone would not do justice to his multilayered, creative personality. Rather, he is an artist, painter, writer and sculptor who experiments with non-pictorial forms and modes of expression throughout his life. As co-founder of the Linien II movement, Aagaard Andersen focuses on symbolism and abstraction. His works are part of the Concrete Art art movement.

Author: Bianca KILLMANN

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Works

• S-shaped chair:
• Chair without hind legs, 1952/1953
• Patterns:
• Letters, 1955
• Armchair
• 'Portrait of My Mother's Chesterfield', 1964
• Chair
• 'Lamella', 1964
• Stool
• 'Taburet med lameller', 1980
• Bench
• 'Wall bench', 1980

Exhibitions

• France:
• La Verrerie de Biot, 1954
• USA:
• MoMA, New York
• Denmark:
• Design Museum, Dänemark

Awards

• 1977:
• Eckersberg Medal, Denmark
• 1980:
• Thorvaldsen Medal, Denmark

Auctions

• Christie's:
• 'Portrait of My Mother's Chesterfield'
• invaluable:
• 'Portrait of My Mother's Chesterfield'
• Phillips:
• Stool

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The list of works, exhibitions, awards and auctions is only an extract from the life of the Danish artist Gunnar Aagaard Andersen and does not claim to be complete.