Robert Jacobsen

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Robert Julius Tommy Jacobsen (June the 4. 1912 in Copenhagen - January the 26. 1993 in Taagelund) was a Danish sculptor and painter born in Copenhagen. Jacobsen was one of the most important Danish artists of the twentieth century.

He lived in France from 1947 - 1969. From 1962 - 1981 he was professor at the Kunstakademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich. In 1969 he moved to Tågelund, west of Egtved, Denmark. From 1976 to 1985 he was professor at the Royal Danish Academy of Art, Copenhagen.

From 1986 to 1991 he worked with Jean Clareboudt to create a sculpture park at Tørskind Gravel Pit near Egtved and Vejle. He worked closely together with his friend and son in law, Bernard Leauté. Jacobsen also had a connection to Asger Jorn and the CoBrA artists, but he never was a member of their group.

He died in 1993 at home in Tågelund.

The Danish Robert award was named after him. It is planned to raise a 60 meter high sculpture in Copenhagen in the year 2012, financed by Robert Jacobsen's foundation.

Robert Jacobsen's art is represented, among others, in the following museums:

Musee d'Art Wallon (Liege, Belgien) Museo de Arte Moderna (Sao Paulo, Brasilien) Von der Heydt Museum (Wuppertal, Tyskland) Didrichsenin Taidmuseo (Helsinki, Finland) Musee National d'Art Modern (Paris, Frankrig) Musee des Beaux-Art (Rennes, Frankrig) Fond National d'Art Contemporain (Frankrig) Musee Rodin Paris (Frankrig) Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam, Holland) Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller (Otterloo, Holland) Nationalgalerie (Oslo, Norge) Moderna Museet (Stockholm, Sverige) Musee des Beaux-Art (La Chaux-de-Fonds, Schweiz) Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum (Budapest, Ungarn) Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute (Pittsburgh, USA) Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington, USA)