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Per Kirkeby (born 1 September 1938, in Copenhagen) is a Danish painter, poet, film maker and sculptor. ==Biography== Per Kirkeby is one of the most internationally acclaimed Danish artists today. By the time he completed a masters education in arctic geology at the University of Copenhagen in 1964, he was already part of the important experimental art school “eks-skolen” and working primarily as a painter, sculptor, writer and a lithographic artist which he has pursued ever since. Kirkeby’s interest in geology and nature in general still plays a crucial role in his artistic expressions, these themes being therefore very characteristic in the works of the artist. Kirkeby’s works have been shown at many art exhibitions worldwide and are represented in many public collections such as Tate Gallery, London; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York, Centre Pompidou, Paris. Kirkeby has been teaching as a professor at the Art Academy in Karlsruhe (1978–89) and Frankfurter Städelschule (1989–2000). 1962 Studies at the Experimental Art School in Copenhagen; works in the School on painting, graphic arts, 8 millimeter films and performance pieces 1974 First exhibition with Michael Werner Gallery, Cologne (still representing his work in Germany, UK and US); publishes ''Fliegende Blätter'' 1976 Participates in Venice Biennale (also in 1980, 1993, 1997 and 2005) 1977 One-man exhibition in the Museum Folkwang, Essen 1978 Professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts, Karlsruhe 1979 Purchases a house on the island Laeso in the Cattegat 1982 One-man exhibition in the Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven; Documenta VII, Kassel 1988 Publishes books of essays on Delacroix, Manet, Picasso 1990 Receives the Art Prize of NORD/LB, endowed for outstanding efforts in the subject of contemporary art 1996 Receives the Coutts Contemporary Art Foundation Award and the Henrik-Steffens-Award 1996 1999 Designs ''Swan Lake'', New York City Ballet 2000 Professorship at the Städelschule, Frankfurt a.M. 2003 Receives Herbert-Boeckl-Preis for his lifework 2005 He marries Mari Anne Duus Jørgensen in Grundtvigkirken, one of the architectural turning points in Copenhagen that he has written extensively about. This marriage has proven extremely important for the continuation of his art and her research. 2007 Designs set and costumes for ''Romeo and Juliet'', New York City Ballet; first major exhibition in China at Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai; “Per Kirkeby”, Arts Club of Chicago 2008 “Per Kirkeby Retrospective”, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark 2009 “Per Kirkeby Retrospective”, Tate Modern, London 2013 Sustains a serious brain injury in a domestic fall accident 2015 Announces that he has given up all further attempts to resume painting after the accident, but still does create small etchings.〔 Per Kirkeby currently lives and works in Hellerup, Læsø, Frankfurt am Main and Italy. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Per Kirkeby」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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