INGER BIRN

Inger Birn er født i Danmark og begyndte at male in 1985. Hun flyttede til London for at studere ved Chelsea School of Arts indenfor tegning, croquis, akvarel og oliemaling.

Hun modtog undervisning hos så dygtige malere som billedhuggeren Peter Stanley og maleren Linda Nugent. Inger Birn fortsatte sine studier i Sydfrankrig hos maleren Christian Gear som havde en stærk indflydelse på hendes videre udvikling som kunstner.

En vigtig inspirationskilde for Inger Birn har været hendes mands jernstøberier og andre støberier hun har besøgt verden over. Senere blev hun inspireret af de storslåede nordiske landskaber, Floridas sub-tropiske klima samt de varme og stærke farver på Frankrigs Côte d’Azur. Inger Birn finder inspirationskilder til sine billeder i naturen på sine mange rejser. Hun har mange successfulde udstillinger bag sig og er blevet feteret af såvel pressen som publikum. 

ENGLISH VERSION

Inger Elisabeth Birn, born in Denmark, took op painting in 1985. She had moved to London to study at the Chelsea School of Arts, in drawing, life drawing, watercolor, and oils. She was fortunate to take lessons with skilled teachers such as the sculptor Peter Stanley and the painter Linda Nugent. Inger Birn’s studies were continued in the South of France with the painter Christian Geai who contributed to the further development of her work.

An essential source of inspiration for Inger Birn has been her husbands’ iron foundries and other factories she visited worldwide. These experiences, inspired but the contrast between the red glowing light of the molten iron and the darkness of the foundry, brought her to the classical concept of pectoral art: Clairobscur.

Other works take place in the great nordic scenery with inspirations from composers such as Edward Grieg, amounting into a series of 47 paintings. They are grouped into the series: Green, red, blue, and earth tone.

Each series expresses the different impressions made by the many moods of reflected light.