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Museum Jorns collection
Museum Jorns collection is unlike any other collection
Since Asger Jorn’s death in , the museum’s art collection has steadily grown, and has more than doubled, owing to purchases and donations from artists and collectors.
Each volume in the series contains illustrations of every page in the original photobook, a new essay by an established writer on photography, production notes.
Today, the museum owns a large collection of Danish and foreign art, which is on view in the changing exhibitions. A count indicates that more than artists are represented by the museum, of which only a few have been mentioned here.
The early s
The museum’s collection had its beginnings at the last turn of the century, which included the works of Albert Gottschalk, Aksel Jørgensen and Julius Paulsen, all of whom worked with light, atmospheric and colour effects.
The works, like Jens Adolf Jerichaus’s large figure compositions, were a major inspiration for later generations of Danish artists.
The s, 40s and 50s
The s are represented by two different generations of painters: The older generation, including artists such as