Danish COBRA co-founder who painted colorful surrealist works and satirized modern life as 'Enrico.'
Erik Ortvad (18 June 1917 in Copenhagen – 29 February 2008 in Kvänjarp) was a painter and a creator of many drawings. He debuted as a painter in 1935. He is mostly known for colorful surrealistic paintings. [1]. He also created several hundred satiric drawings about the modern way of life under the pseudonym Enrico. In 1948 he was a founding member of the COBRA avant-garde art movement. He is represented in the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and Statens Museum for Kun…
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