#autodidact artist
Jeppe Madsen Ohlsen (May 18, 1891 - 1948) was a largely autodidact Danish painter (he did study in Norway with Christian Krohg).
He painted strange scenes from his hometown Christiansfeld which had an unusual religious community of Moravian Brothers (Herrnhut Brethren) in a style that mixed Naivism, Symbolism and Magcal Realism.
Above:Den Månesyge, 1940 - oil on canvas (Kunstmuseet Brundlund Slot)
Agnete Therkildsen (May 10, 1900 - 1993) was an autodidact Danish artist who went from rural naturalism to abstract, colorist art - often with figurative elements such as birds and other winged beings. She worked first with oils, but from the 1950s onward often with collages of found items.
Above:Blue Man and Birds, 1969 - oil on canvas (SMK)
Pär Lindblad (May 6, 1907 - 1981) was a Swedish autodidact painter who mostly painted blue-toned landscapes and portraits. He debuted in 1942, and is now represented at most major Swedish museums, including the National Museum and Moderna Museet in Stockholm.
Above:Self-Portrait in Meadow, 1943 - oil on canvas (Moderna M.)
Benjamin Olsen (May 3, 1878 - 1935) was an autodidact Danish marine painter. He worked most of his life for Bing & Grøndahl and Royal Copenhagen porcelain factories.
As a marine painter he participated twice in the Danish Royal House’s voyages to The Faroe Islands, Iceland and Greenland (1921 and 1926). He depicted the naval vessels used in a clean naturalistic style, ass seen here:
Niels Juelved Trøllkonufingur (Kongespiret), Færøerne 6/6 1926 - oil on canvas (Privately owned)
Several of Olsen’s canvases are now at the Danish Maritime Museum…
Lars Physant (65 today) is a Danish artist who works out a of Naturalist tradition but spikes it up with what he has dubbed multiversal realism, seeing the object, whether a landscape or a portrait, from several angles simultaneously.
Physant is autodidact as an artist, and has lived and worked in Spain for decades. He is mainly known for his portraits of members of the Danish Royal House, but I prefer his more spiritual work and transcendental landscapes.
Above:Transcendens(Vindensfarve), 2014 - oil on canvas
