Asger Jorn (1914 – 1973) was a Danish artist who was heavily involved in the avant-garde movements COBRA and Situationist International. In 1936, Jorn drove to Paris and enrolled in Fernand Léger’s private art school. He continued his art education at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. Jorn was an abstract painter, though he was multi skilled and created works in a variety of mediums including collage, book illustration, prints, drawings, ceramics, tapestries, murals, and sculpture. To honor Jorn’s contributions to art history, The Silkeborg Museum of Art in Denmark was renamed the Museum Jorn.

Paintings by Asger Jorn in Chronological Order:

Småting, 1940	Vision Rouge, 1944	Didaska I, 1945
La Fleur du mal, 1946	Le droit d’aigle, 1950	The Moon and the Animals, 1950
On the Silent Myth, Opus 4b, 1952	Study for Femelle Interplanetaire, 1953	The Black Flight, 1955
Tu etais tel, 1956	Letter to My Son, 1956-1957	Jardin des êtres, 1957
Le Soldat et son passé, 1957	The Timid Proud One, 1957	Untitled, 1957
Tristesse Blanche, 1958	Le canard inquiétant, 1959	Paris by Night (Defiguration), 1959
Untitled A, 1959	Untitled C, 1959	Oui, chérie, 1961
Phornix Park, 1961	Untitled, 1961	La Dolce Vita II (Defiguration), 1962
Les Bersaerk sont parmis nous, 1962	Poussin (Défiguration), 1962	Souriez Rue Froide (Defiguration), 1962
The Barber and the Berber (Defiguration), 1962	In the Beginning Was the Image, 1965	L’infinie suffisance, 1965
Une mime de rien (ou presque), 1967	Equilibre Précair, 1968	L’Escargodot, 1968
Le bon sauvage, 1969	Mater Profana (Defiguration), 1969	Vizio geologico, 1969
Sérénité Aubaine, 1970	Stalingrad, 1972