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Richard Mortensen

Richard Mortensen

1910–1993

WA-00021899

PaintingGeometric AbstractionColor Field

Representation

None documented

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Institutional Exhibitions

19

Works in Collection

22

Assets Indexed

4

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80%

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WikidataQ392816

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2 cross-verified · 2 single-source

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Birth yearArtsy· 85%✓
LocationArtsy· 85%
NationalityArtsy· 85%

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Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q392816
Tier 1 · Institutional40%

About

Why this artist matters now

Richard Mortensen was a Danish painter and pioneer of geometric abstraction in Northern Europe. Working primarily in oil on canvas from his Copenhagen studio, he developed a distinctive vocabulary of interlocking planes and austere color fields that emerged in the 1930s. His practice remained committed to non-representational form throughout his six-decade career, positioning him as a foundational figure in post-war Danish modernism.

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Movement

Geometric Abstraction

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Painting

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Artworks (19)

1965 · Portfolio of thirteen screenprints

various print dimensions; page (each): 27 9/16 × 19 13/16" (70 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate I (folio 3) from Voluspa

1965 · One from a portfolio of thirteen screenprints

composition (irreg.): 23 1/2 × 16 7/16" (59.7 × 41.8 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 19 13/16" (70 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate X (folio 12) from Voluspa

1965 · One from a portfolio of thirteen screenprints

composition (irreg.): 23 1/2 × 16 7/16" (59.7 × 41.8 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 19 13/16" (70 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate XI (folio 13) from Voluspa

1965 · One from a portfolio of thirteen screenprints

composition (irreg.): 23 1/2 × 16 7/16" (59.7 × 41.8 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 19 13/16" (70 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate XII (folio 14) from Voluspa

1965 · One from a portfolio of thirteen screenprints

composition (irreg.): 18 3/4 × 11 3/4" (47.6 × 29.8 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 19 13/16" (70 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate XIII (folio 15) from Voluspa

1965 · One from a portfolio of thirteen screenprints

composition (irreg.): 23 1/2 × 16 7/16" (59.7 × 41.8 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 19 13/16" (70 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate II (folio 4) from Voluspa

1965 · One from a portfolio of thirteen screenprints

composition (irreg.): 23 1/2 × 16 7/16" (59.7 × 41.8 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 19 13/16" (70 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate III (folio 5) from Voluspa

1965 · One from a portfolio of thirteen screenprints

composition (irreg.): 23 1/2 × 16 7/16" (59.7 × 41.8 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 19 13/16" (70 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate IV (folio 6) from Voluspa

1965 · One from a portfolio of thirteen screenprints

composition (irreg.): 23 1/2 × 16 7/16" (59.7 × 41.8 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 19 13/16" (70 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate V (folio 7) from Voluspa

1965 · One from a portfolio of thirteen screenprints

composition (irreg.): 23 1/2 × 16 7/16" (59.7 × 41.8 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 19 13/16" (70 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate VI (folio 8) from Voluspa

1965 · One from a portfolio of thirteen screenprints

composition (irreg.): 23 1/2 × 16 7/16" (59.7 × 41.8 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 19 13/16" (70 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate VII (folio 9) from Voluspa

1965 · One from a portfolio of thirteen screenprints

composition (irreg.): 23 1/2 × 16 7/16" (59.7 × 41.8 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 19 13/16" (70 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate IX (folio 11) from Voluspa

1965 · One from a portfolio of thirteen screenprints

composition (irreg.): 23 1/2 × 16 7/16" (59.7 × 41.8 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 19 13/16" (70 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Plate VIII (folio 10) from Voluspa

1965 · One from a portfolio of thirteen screenprints

composition (irreg.): 23 1/2 × 16 7/16" (59.7 × 41.8 cm); sheet: 27 9/16 × 19 13/16" (70 × 50.3 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1945 · Lithograph

composition: 22 13/16 × 18 3/4" (58 × 47.7 cm); sheet (slightly irreg.): 25 3/16 × 18 3/16" (64 × 46.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1940 · Ink on paper

12 1/4 x 18 7/8" (31.1 x 47.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1940 · Ink on paper

12 3/8 x 19 1/8" (31.4 x 48.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1940 · Ink on paper

12 1/4 x 18 7/8" (31.1 x 47.9 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Untitled

1940 · Ink on paper

15 7/8 x 12 3/8" (40.3 x 31.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

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Artwork sources (1)

19 published of 19 catalogued · 5 with image

MoMA
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Images

Artsy artist portrait

Artsy

Head of Executioner, from John Evelyn's Sculptura (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Head of Executioner, from John Evelyn's Sculptura (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Geometric Abstraction Color Field

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