Lars Bo: life and works

Lars Bo (29 May 1924 in Kolding – 21 October 1999 in Paris) was a Danish player and writer. He is known for his graphic works subsequently surrealistically inspired fantastic motifs. He was nicknamed “Wizard”.

Lars Bo worked taking into consideration P. Rostrup Bøyesen at Statens Museum for Kunst in the period from 1939 to 1940, and he went to The Danish Design School from 1941 to 1943, after which he travelled in Europe. From 1947 until his death in 1999 he lived in Paris.

From 1948 to 1950 Lars Bo worked in Johnny Friedläender and Albert Flocons graphic studio in Paris. Lars Bo wrote the novel Det vidunderlige hus i Paris (The Wonderful House in Paris).

Lars Bo moved to Paris in the further on 1950s to chemical analysis art and printmaking techniques at the well-known Atelier 17, under the directorship of Stanley William Hayter. Bo began a long and successful career as an player of the illustrated record in 1952. Until 1996 he produced etchings and aquatints for many great illustrated books. Some of his greatest works in this arena are for timeless editions of Hans Christian Andersen.

Lars Bo began exhibiting his individual prints and paintings in Paris in 1954. Shortly thereafter he became a leading player for the French periodical, Le Monde. By 1960 Bo had traditional an international reputation (especially for his native prints) and exhibitions of his art were held in England, the United States and Japan.