{"id":133564,"date":"2025-05-15T12:54:57","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T10:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nivaagaard.dk\/saerudstilling\/richard-winther-100-aar\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T11:14:40","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T09:14:40","slug":"richard-winther-100-years","status":"publish","type":"saerudstilling","link":"https:\/\/nivaagaard.dk\/en\/special-exhibitions\/richard-winther-100-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Winther 100 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Richard Winther in his studio. Photo \u00a9 Steen M\u00f8ller Rasmussen<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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Richard Winther 100 Years<\/strong><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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1 May \u2013 13 September 2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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The Nivaagaard Collection marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of the Danish artist Richard Winther (1926\u20132007) with a major exhibition devoted to this highly versatile, uncompromising, perpetually inquisitive and endlessly creative figure in Danish art. The exhibition presents examples of the extraordinary breadth of Winther\u2019s artistic practice, alongside pieces from his private collection, including works by major modernists such as Giacometti, Picasso, Max Ernst, Sonja Ferlov Mancoba and Mir\u00f3. Winther\u2019s collection is presented and staged in collaboration with the Danish contemporary artist Mie M\u00f8rkeberg.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Richard Winther\u2019s artistic career spanned more than six decades, leaving behind a vast and far-reaching body of work. Throughout his life, he explored the nature of art in theory and practice, working across the realms of painting, photography, sculpture, printmaking, film, music, literature, and public commissions.<\/span><\/p>\n

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His works are animated by the unfettered lines of an artist, yet his approach was as systematic as that of a scientist. His practice embraced both the spontaneous and the constructed, the wildly expressionistic and the rigorously geometric. He was greatly fascinated by the technical aspects of image-making, inventing and building more than one hundred cameras from simple materials.<\/span><\/p>\n

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An indefatigable collector and creator, he pursued the essence of art with relentless curiosity. He examined his materials almost literally to the bone: preserving the skeletons of dead animals for anatomical study, dismantling old cameras and reconstructing them in new forms, and casting himself as figures from art history, among them Leonardo da Vinci in his persona as Ricardo da Winti. In his final years, he took on the role of the hermit Hieronymus.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Richard Winther\u2019s subjects and figures revolve around themes of identity, sexuality, mythology, religion, human relationships \u2013 and art itself. References to the full history of art, as well as to visual culture more broadly, are deeply embedded in his practice. He drew ceaselessly on his art-historical predecessors, adopting them as alter egos during different phases of artistic exploration.<\/span><\/p>\n

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From Ricardo da Niv\u00e5 to his great work in Vindeby<\/span><\/h4>\n

From 1966 to 1987, Richard Winther lived in Niv\u00e5 and, in homage to the masters of the Italian Renaissance, adopted the name Ricardo da Niv\u00e5 during that time. Alongside his own practice, Winther was involved in a number of artistic communities, including as co-founder of Linien II, as a teacher at the Experimental Art School (Eks-Skolen), and a member of the artists\u2019 group Arme og Ben (literally \u2018Arms and Legs\u2019). From 1980 to 1986, he was also professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In 1993, at the age of 67, Winther moved to Lolland and took over a disused nursing home in Vindeby, near Maribo, where he had been born. Here he began decorating the walls, ceilings and doors of the house with grotesque, humorous and unsettling imagery. At the same time, he continued his energetic and experimental practice with unabating vigour. These late works were painted on pieces of cardboard from the local supermarket and with paint salvaged from bulky waste. The recycled materials were matched by recurring artistic motifs. Today, the house in Vindeby remains a masterwork of Danish art, testifying to Winther\u2019s lifelong dedication to his craft.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Richard Winther\u2019s uncompromising approach to art and life \u2013 which also entailed a persistent rejection of the commercial sphere and a growing preoccupation with an extremely simple lifestyle \u2013 gradually led him away from the art scene and close to oblivion. He was highly respected in professional artistic circles and received, among other honours, Denmark\u2019s highest distinction for visual artists, the Thorvaldsen Medal, in 1997, and the foremost distinction for painters, the Eckersberg Medal, in 1971. From 1974, he also received a lifelong grant from the Danish Arts Foundation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Today, he himself has become one of the defining personalities of art history, one whose experimental and powerful practice continues to inspire new generations.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mie M\u00f8rkeberg curates Winther\u2019s collection as an immersive installation<\/strong><\/h4>\n

The exhibition presents a large number of carefully selected examples of Richard Winther\u2019s immense artistic range, shown alongside works by key influences from his private collection of international modernists. This significant collection included pieces by illustrious figures such as Alberto Giacometti, Pablo Picasso, Max Ernst, Sonja Ferlov Mancoba and Joan Mir\u00f3; works that he later donated to the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek and SMK \u2013 The National Gallery of Denmark.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The insight into Winther\u2019s own art collection forms a distinct section of the exhibition, staged in collaboration with one of the leading Danish artists of our time, Mie M\u00f8rkeberg (b. 1980), who presents the works in what is essentially an immersive installation.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mie M\u00f8rkeberg often incorporates Surrealist traits in her own paintings, letting figures, objects and symbols appear before us in indeterminate spaces. Many Danes also know her for the large-scale group portrait <\/span>Samtalen 1918\u20132024<\/em> (The Conversation 1918\u20132024), a depiction of thirty women politicians commissioned for a conference room at the Danish Parliament.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Mie M\u00f8rkeberg arranges selected works from Winther\u2019s collection in a gallery whose walls she will decorate herself, inspired by the imagery created by Richard Winther in his house at Vindeby. In the process, M\u00f8rkeberg will experiment with echoing Winther\u2019s line and his approach to themes such as gender and identity, which are also central to her own work.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The exhibition Richard Winther 100 Years<\/em> opens on 1 May and runs until 13 September. From June to August, the exhibition can be experienced in conjunction with a creative summer workshop for all ages in the museum\u2019s Garden Foyer.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The exhibition is supported by the Aage and Johanne Louis-Hansen Foundation, the Knud H\u00f8jgaard Foundation, and the J\u00f8rgen Kryger and Anne Ammitzb\u00f8ll Foundation. Works are on loan from Fuglsang Kunstmuseum, Kastrupg\u00e5rdsamlingen, Museum Jorn, the New Carlsberg Foundation, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Rudersdal Municipality\u2019s Collection of Modern Art, Skive Kunstmuseum, Museum Salling\u2019s art collection, SMK \u2013 National Gallery of Denmark, as well as generous private lenders, including the artist\u2019s son Tobias Winther.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Richard Winther, <\/span>Mona Lisa Adler Fredensborg<\/em>, 1975. <\/span><\/p>\n

On loan from Tobias Winther. Photo \u00a9 Richard Winther<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Visit Richard Winther\u2019s House<\/strong><\/h4>\n

In 1993, Winther purchased a disused nursing home in Vindeby on Lolland and transformed it into a total work of art, which he continued to develop until his death in 2007. Today, the house is owned by an association, Richard Winthers Hus i Vindeby, which is dedicated to preserving the building itself and, in particular, its many wall paintings. Richard Winther\u2019s House is run by volunteers, enabling the public to visit the artist\u2019s original home for half of each year \u2013 in 2026, from 25 April to October.<\/p>\n

In 2026, Richard Winther\u2019s House will also mark the centenary of the artist\u2019s birth with an exhibition of Winther\u2019s works, focusing primarily on horse and camera motifs, both of which occupy a significant place in his oeuvre. The large-scale paintings and decorations on the walls and ceilings of the entrance hall, kitchen, and two additional rooms are of exceptionally high artistic quality and constitute a magnum opus within Richard Winther\u2019s artistic production. Covering a total of 71 square metres, the decoration comprises 55 paintings preserved in their original form.<\/p>\n

Opening hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 2\u20135 pm. Weekdays by advance appointment only.<\/p>\n

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Read more <\/span>HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Richard Winthers House in Vindeby, Vestibule. <\/span><\/p>\n

Photo \u00a9 Richard Winther; Julie V\u00f6ge<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n

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