1969 Oil Painting by Henning Møller

Henning Møller was born in 1924 in the eastern city of Aarhus, Denmark. He was educated either by, or at the art school of, a fellow artist, Børge L. Knudsen. Whilst relatively little of his work is in circulation today, he exhibited several times in Copenhagen in between 1960 and 1980. 

Furthermore, little is known of Møller’s life. It is known, however, that he travelled to France, Italy, and Poland during the mid-twentieth century. His art speaks from the shapes and form of the abstract works that emerged in Europe in the early part of the century whilst also looking forward to the tenets of abstract expressionism. In both his painting and collage works, Møller layers and pieces together different shapes to produce both texture and intricacy. 

In both this piece and the other currently available at CHASE & SORENSEN, the colour palette is muted. This painting produces warmth through its use of brown and beige tones, given depth by the contrasting white and dark shades that give the illusion of a sort of three-dimension collaging technique. The shapes are hard to distinguish, but are composed in a way that gives the impression that they fit together like cogs in a machine.