Summary
Wilhelm Freddie, born Christian Frederik Wilhelm Carlsen (7 February 1909 – 26 October 1995[1]) was a Danish painter, sculptor and filmmaker. Initially working along a somewhat abstract line, he soon turned towards a more realistic surrealism, only to later return to abstract art. Some of his works were highly controversial and considered pornographic at their time, resulting in confiscation of the works and his imprisonment though his artistic merits were later recognized.[2]
Some of Freddie's works criticized Nazism and fascism, like the 1936 paintings Meditation on the Anti-Nazi Love[3] and Phénomène psychophotographique,[4] and his 1938 exhibition Surreal-Sex.[5]
In 1949 and 1950, Freddie directed two short films, The Definite Rejection of a Request for a Kiss (Det definitive afslag på anmodningen om et kys) and Eaten Horizons (Spiste horisonter).[6]
References edit
- ^ "Wilhelm Freddie". gravsted.dk. Retrieved 2023-10-29.
- ^ "Paintings of Wilhelm Freddie". surrealism.website. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ "Meditation on Anti-Nazi Love | Kunsten". www.kunsten.dk. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ Aspley, Keith (2010). "Freddie, Wilhelm (1909-1995)". Historical Dictionary of Surrealism. Scarecrow Press.
After painting anti-Nazi pictures, e.g., Phénomène psychophotographique: Sabotage (the bust of a bald man resembling Joachim von Ribbentrop), he was obliged in 1944 to seek refuge in Sweden, where he lived until 1950.
- ^ Passeron, René (2001). Surrealism. Paris: Terrail. p. 1893. ISBN 9782879392295.
- ^ Bauduin, Tessel; Ferentinou, Victoria; Zamani, Daniel (2018). Surrealism, occultism and politics : in search of the marvellous. New York: Routledge. Chapter 6: Esotericism and Surrealist Cinema: Wilhelm Freddie's Films and the New Myth. ISBN 9781138054332.
External links edit
- Wilhelm Freddie's entry in Dansk Kunstnerleksikon, biography and more (in Danish)