Aksel Larsen
Eiler Krag1964
The Danish Parliament
Copenhagen K, Denmark
This is a portrait of the founder of the Socialist People's Party, Aksel Larsen (1887-1972). Aksel Larsen was originally a communist, he was active in the Danish resistance and was arrested by the Gestapo in 1942 and later interned in a German concentration camp. He was thrown out of the communist party because of his criticism of the Soviet Union after the rebellion in Hungary in 1956 and went on to found the Socialist People's Party in 1959. The portrait shows Aksel Larsen on the rostrum at the Students' Association in Copenhagen. Artist Eiler Kragh was most well known as a cartoonist and an illustrator and his portrait is characterised by the illustrator's rapid, but very precise technique.
© Folketinget
Photographer: Torben Eskerod
- Title: Aksel Larsen
- Creator: Eiler Krag
- Creator Lifespan: 1908/1991
- Creator Nationality: Danish
- Creator Gender: Male
- Date: 1964
- Physical Dimensions: w101 x h80 cm
- Original Title: Aksel Larsen
- Danish Description: Portrættet viser stifteren af Socialistisk Folkeparti Aksel Larsen (1887-1972). Aksel Larsen var oprindeligt kommunist, han var aktiv modstandsmand, men blev i 1942 arresteret af Gestapo og senere interneret i en tysk koncentrationslejr. Efter opstanden i Ungarn i 1956 blev han efter kritik af Sovjetunionen ekskluderet af kommunistpartiet og dannede i 1959 Socialistisk Folkeparti. Portrættet viser Aksel Larsen på talerstolen i Studenterforeningen i København. Kunstneren Eiler Krag var mest kendt som bladtegner og illustrator. Portrættet af Aksel Larsen er præget af bladtegnerens hurtige, men meget præcise stil. Fotograf: Torben Eskerod.
- Provenance: © Eiler Krag/billedkunst.dk
- Type: Oil on hardboard
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