Storm Approaching

Storm Approaching, Feb 4, 1986. Charcoal and pastel on paper by Flemming Jorgenson, RCA (1934-2009)

Storm Approaching, Feb 4, 1986. Charcoal and pastel on paper by Flemming Jorgenson, RCA (1934-2009)

Name/Title

Storm Approaching

Entry/Object ID

2017.05.17

Description

Painting This Abstract marine scene depicts an approaching storm with an ominous and threatening dark grey sky heavy with rain. The ocean has heaving striated blue-green water and there is a large land form in the distance. The location is unknown.

Artwork Details

Medium

Charcoal and pastel on paper

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Flemming Jorgenson, RCA (1934-2009)

Role

Painter

Date made

Feb 4, 1986

Time Period

20th Century

Notes

ARTIST BIOGRAPHY Born in Aalborg, Denmark, Flemming Jorgensen was a Canadian painter of Abstract landscapes. He immigrated to Canada as a young man studying commercial art with the Expressionist artist Herbert Siebner (1925-2003) when he first arrived in Victoria. By the 1960s, he was working in painting, sculpture and printmaking. He was a member of The Point Group of artists (later to become the Modernist Victoria-based group, The Limners), and became an influential and well respected artist in the community. He was an accomplished teacher in many of Victoria’s art schools and he also co-founded the Metchosin International Summer School of the Arts, where he served as director from 1984-1996. He exhibited widely including at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, as well as galleries in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto, Winnipeg, Ottawa, Montreal, Seattle, Copenhagen, Switzerland, France and England. He was awarded an Honorary PhD. from the University of Victoria.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature, Inscription

Location

Signed lower left: F. Jorgenson

Transcription

Verso old frame backing with inscription: STORM APPROACHING CHARCOAL-PASTEL FEB. 4, 1986 artist signature Also verso frame - his business card pasted lower right

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Support

Height

27.5 cm

Width

37.5 cm

Acquisition

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Date

Nov 23, 2017

Notes

Kilshaws Lot #2