Jens Ferdinand Willumsen
Title: Deux bretonnes marchant. Bretagne (Two Bretonnes Walking, Brittany), 1890
Artist: Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (Danish 1863-1958)
Medium: Huile sur toile / Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 100x100
Permanent Collection: Willumsens Museum, Danemark
© ADAGP, Paris 2006
Image Courtesy: Musée d'Orsay
From Symbolism to Expressionism
Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1863-1958),
a Danish Artist
Musée d'Orsay, Paris
through September 17, 2006
Gaugin's influence had a marked effect on Danish artist Jens Ferdinand Willumsen.
The Dane studied at the Copenhagen Academy;
viewing an exhibit of French Contemporary art then on display in his homeland caused him to journey to Paris where, in 1890, he first met the noted Symbolist artist.
Title: Dans une blanchisserie française (In a French Laundromat), 1889
Artist: Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (Danish 1863-1958)
Medium: Huile sur toile / Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 105x133,5
Permanent Collection: Göteborg Konstmuseum, Suède
© ADAGP, Paris 2006
Image Courtesy: Musée d'Orsay
Paul Gauguin taught him canvas preparation techniques, mixing colors, the art of wood panel carving and decorating the same with polychrome. While
in Paris he met other Symbolist artists including Paul Serusier and Odilon Redon. Their influence brought a change in his painting
style when he began to create strongly decorated works. Willumsen had works in the 1891 Parisian Salon des
Independents. He
also exhibited with the Nabis Group at the Impressionist and Symbolist show at LeBarc de Boutteville's gallery.
Title: Brisants par temps calme sur la côte de Bretagne, 1904
Artist: Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (Danish 1863-1958)
Medium: Huile sur toile / Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: 47.5 x 61cm
Permanent Collection: Randers Kunstmuseum, Danemark
© ADAGP, Paris 2006
Image Courtesy: Musée d'Orsay
Jens Ferdinand Willumsen followed up these successes with a decade of exploration of wood working, sculpture and architecture. By 1913 he became known for his brilliant color range aided by his multiple trips to Spain and Tunis and learning from their extensive dye making techniques. It added another alteration in his style akin to his fellow Scandinavian Edvard Munch.
From Symbolism to Expressionism
Jens Ferdinand Willumsen (1863-1958),
A Danish Artist
Musée d'Orsay:
June 27 to September 17, 2006
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