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Richard Mortensen : Screenprints
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Richard Mortensen (Danish, 1910–1993) was the most famous abstract painter in post-war Denmark. He participated in the influential Documenta II (1959) and Documenta III (1964) which confirmed his place in post-war European modernism. In 1960 the new Danish Pavilion at the 3oth Venice Biennale was opened with a retrospective of Mortensen’s paintings.
Title: Richard Mortensen : Screenprints
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Richard Mortensen (Danish, 1910–1993) was the most famous abstract painter in post-war Denmark.
He participated in the influential Documenta II (1959) and Documenta III (1964) which confirmed his place in post-war European modernism.
In 1960 the new Danish Pavilion at the 3oth Venice Biennale was opened with a retrospective of Mortensen’s paintings.
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