Stig Brøgger

Stig Brøgger (8 December 1941 – 8 February 2021 ) was a Danish artist who worked with sculpture, painting, installations and photography. His aims have been to show how art contributes to man's experience of life and his understanding of the surrounding world.

In 1974, together with Hein Heinsen and Mogens Møller, Brøgger founded the Institut for Skalakunst which produced a number of decorative public works such as Stedet og skyggen (Place and Shadow, 1976) for Birkerød's Sjælsøskolen, Stjerne, Stjerneport og Stjernefragment (Star, Star Gate and Star Fragment, 1980) for Aalborg University, Fredens Port (Gate of Peace, 1982) in the Copenhagen district of Nørrebro as well as comprehensive decoration of Ollerup Gymnastics School (2007).

Painting has always played an important role in Brøgger's work, even in installations such as Flora Danica (1990) and Plainthings (1997). Striving to provide better understanding of the world, his paintings combine geometrical shapes with unruly masses of colour.

His 2013 exhibition of photographs Suburban Life - Photography as Painting consists of 44 plates, each containing six photographs. Depicting a wide variety of subjects from landscapes to buildings and flowers, they document life in the suburbs, adding to Brøgger's earlier works and his experience of life.

Awards In 1991, Brøgger was awarded the Eckersberg Medal and, in 1998, the Thorvaldsen Medal.