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Place of Birth: Frederiksberg, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
About Niels Strøbek
- Niels Strøbek (born October 14, 1944 ) is a painter and graphic artist, primarily known for his super-realist paintings and portraits. Niels Strøbek received his education from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts which he attended from 1962 to 1967, studying under spontaneous-abstract painter Professor Egill Jacobsen. Strøbek is considered one of the leading artists within the Danish super-realist art movement.
- The super-realist art movement had its breakthrough in Danish art in the early 1970s and was influenced by American photo-realism.
- However, Strøbek had already begun to paint realistically in 1965, and his detailed realism was rooted in European art, i.e.
- the Italian Renaissance, Spanish Baroque, or the Danish Golden Age, rather than in the photograph.
- Strøbek's technique is impeccable.
- His paintings are executed with a precision that makes them look like photographs. Strøbek's motifs are still lifes, landscapes, portraits and human figures.
- He has executed many portraits, notably three commissioned by the Danish queen Margrethe II.
- Often Strøbek uses the trompe-l'œil technique in his paintings combining his modern approach and motif view with a style mostly associated with the Baroque period.Strøbek has exhibited extensively both in Denmark and internationally.
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