Title: Claus Johansen
Description: In 1949, Aftenbladet's reviewer Pierre Lübecker wrote: He was probably one of the most distinguished autodidacts in Danish art, but despite the fine words, the painter Claus Johansen (1877-1943) remained one of the best kept secrets in Danish art. In his small, distinct paintings he interpreted the landscape as both reality and composition and became a pioneer in the development of a modern painting. But his rather unique production is largely unknown outside Bornholm, where he settled down and created his images. Now Bornholms Kunstmuseum and Øregaard Museum Claus Johansen's overlooked pearls unfold in an exhibition collaboration, so that his painting can become more widely known. Both as an artist and as a human being, Claus Johansen was in many ways a loner. He was born in Agerup near Holbæk in 1877, and all indications are that as an adult he lived in isolation as a traveling sharpener, craft painter and day laborer and paid for food and other necessities with pictures. In 1924 he settled permanently on Bornholm and died in Rønne in 1943. Exhibition: Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Gudhjem, Denmark (30.05.-30.08.2020) / Øregaard Museum, Hellerup, Denmark (11.09.2020 - 31.01.2021)

I 1949 skrev Aftenbladets anmelder Pierre Lübecker:  Han var sikkert en af de fornemste autodidakter i dansk kunst, men trods de fine ord forblev maleren Claus Johansen (1877-1943) en af de bedst bevarede hemmeligheder i dansk kunst. I sine små, distinkte malerier fortolkede han landskabet som både virkelighed og komposition og blev en pionér inden for udviklingen af et moderne maleri. Men hans ret enestående produktion er stort set ukendt uden for Bornholm, hvor han slog sig ned og skabte sine billeder. Nu folder Bornholms Kunstmuseum og Øregaard Museum Claus Johansens oversete perler ud i et udstillingssamarbejde, så hans maleri kan blive bredere kendt. Både som kunstner og menneske var Claus Johansen på mange måde en enegænger. Han blev født i Agerup ved Holbæk i 1877, og alt tyder på, at han som voksen levede isoleret som omvandrende skærsliber, håndværksƯmaler og daglejer og betalte mad og andre fornødenheder med billeder. I 1924 bosatte han sig permanent på Bornholm og døde i Rønne i 1943. Exhibition: Bornholms Kunstmuseum, Gudhjem, Denmark (30.05.-30.08.2020) / Øregaard Museum, Hellerup, Denmark (11.09.2020 - 31.01.2021)
Subjects: Danish Painting, Danish Landscape painting
People: Claus Johansen (1877-1943)