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Peter Haubro
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| Born | 21 May 1947,Aalborg, Denmark |
| Died | 3 December 2023 (aged 76)Montelimar, France |
| Work | Artist, writer, poet |
Peter Lund Haubro Petersen (21 May 1947, Aalborg, Denmark - 3 December 2023, Montelimar, France) was a Danish painter, writer and poet.
Early Life and Education
[edit]Born in northern Jutland, Denmark[1] he grew up in Copenhagen until the age of 15 when he chose to attend the Sailing School (Søfart Skole) in Esbjerg where he trained first as a junior officer[2] and aspired to naval life, but ultimately left military service in favor of painting. He returned to art as his “first love,” studying at the Royal Danish Academy’s School of Arts (graphic) and then at the University of Copenhagen (English and Danish literature). He completed his art training in Paris, specializing in drawing at the renowned Académie de la Grande Chaumière. Haubro was later described simply as “known for painting”, though he also became a multifaceted artist beyond the easel in his life.
Formative Years and Travels
[edit]Haubro’s early adulthood was marked by travel. He sailed around the world in a Danish navy uniform[2]– visiting South and North America, Canada, China, India and Africa – before abandoning the officer’s path to preserve his freedom. He called himself a true bohemian, traveling Europe to live and exhibit. In Spain (Andalusia) he was the first artist who received a grant from the Foundation Valparaiso in Mojacar, after Beatrice and Paul Beckett founded it in 1990. Here he befriended Klaus Rifbjerg's[3] and Thorkild Bjornvig's[4] and translated later their poems into French. In Albania he collaborated with local painter Andon Kuqali. By the 1990s Haubro had become a European wanderer, eventually living for long periods in Tirana (Albania) and then in southern France (Marsanne).
Cultural and Humanitarian Engagement
[edit]In early 1990s, Haubro spent three years in Romania initially arriving on a Danish humanitarian mission. He continued his humanitarian involvement in post communist Albania where he immersed himself in Albanian life and painted everyday people and political turmoil (figures with rifles, public protests and wrote poetry about the conflict. He also held exhibitions in Tirana [5][6].
Career
[edit]Haubro exhibited widely in Denmark since early creative years in the 1970s. After Albania, where he began to publish his poetry, Haubro settled in France, first in Paris for two years where he studied ink caligraphy and developed interest in cathedral gargoyles[6] and mythical figures, and founded the association "Les Gargouilles Revolte" together with his Danish artist friend Torben Bo Halbirk and other French artists. He then moved to Provence where he made Marsanne his home in later years. He remained active in the Scandinavian art community, often showing works that reflected his travels. Kirsten Kjør's Museum in Frøstrup notes that Haubro’s “colouristic works consist of sampled elements that are integrated and composed into naturalistic paintings with a surreal character,”. Haubro was a “longtime friend” of the museum founders John Anderson and Harald Fuglsang.
Style, Themes and Techniques
[edit]Haubro is primarily a painter (as one biographical source notes), but his works spanned multiple media. His earliest works were graphic, then oil paintings on canvas, often large. Later in 2000s, he found interest in collages and ink caligraphic brushwork inspired by the Chinese caligraphy. Frequently overlaid his collages and oil canvases with calligraphic brushwork. Balkanweb explicitly lists his “facets” as an artist evolving “from oil painting to collages and, most recently, his gargoyles or collages”.
Exhibitions
[edit]Peter Haubro exhibited throughout Europe and occasionally beyond. A 2015 profile observed that his exhibitions form an “artistic geography” spanning Denmark, Sweden, Scotland, Germany, Poland, France, Spain, Romania, Albania, Slovenia, Lithuania, Italy, Belgium, Portugal, Luxembourg and more.
Aug. 20th - Sep. 16th 1986 - Cadence, Peter Haubro, Galleri PAssepartout, Snaregade 8, 1205 Kbh K
1988- Peter Haubro - Grafiske arbejder
April 3rd-18th 1993 Bedarte, Calle Nueva, Bedar Almeria , La Luna y el Mito dentro de una Naranja
May 5th - June 4th 1994 - Peter Haubro, Galleri Marius, Boldhusgade 4, Kbh K
Feb. 15th - March 16th 1996 - Peter Haubro - Homage, Galleri Marius , Boldhusgade 4, Kbh K
July 22nd - Aug. 18th 1996 - Rødkilde - Udstilling i Ottekanten
July 2nd - Aug. 22nd 1999 Masnedøført, Vordingborg - Sommerudstilling
March 18th-31st 2000 - Expozite - Piktura, scupltura e colazhe nga Peter Haubro ne Galerine e Aendres se Biznesit Veve
April 1st- 29th 2007 Terre d'ecriture Grignan , Peter Haubro, Les mouvements de l'encre
Aug. 7th - Sep. 9th 2010 - Menneske billeder, Peter Haubro og Karen Degett, Kirsten Kjærs Museum , Frørup
Feb. 2009 - Kulturarkaden , Vordingborg
January 19th - 23rd 2013 - Peter Haubro - Peintures, collages , arts graphiques, Ville de Bourg de Peage , Espace Francois Mitterrand
July 14th - Aug 3rd 2015 - Peter Haubro - Sur deux fils , Le Centre D'Art , Espace Chabrillan , 127 Rue Pierre Julien , 26200 Montelimar
Sept. 11th-20th 2015 Paris - Albanien Embassy , Exposition Peter Haubro, Espace - 26 Place Denfert Rochereau Paris 14
December 2017, Essences de l’art, Saint-Louis, France
Jan. 11th - Feb. 19th 2019 - Peter Haubro udstiller i KulturArkaden , Vordingborg
Feb. 9th - 28th 2019 - Femme Eternelle, Le centre d'art, l'espace Chabrillan , Montelimar
May 10th - Oct. 26th 2019, Peter Haubro , Dagbøger , Sobygård, Soby
Oct. 2019 - Peter Haubro og Elsebeth Hutters, Frederikssund
Feb 24thh - March 24th 2019 Daily Poetry - Maleri og collage af Peter Haubro, Udstilling i Borup Kulturhus, Skovbo Kunstforening
2021 - Peter Haubro - Gabriela and there is music in the air, Kirsten Kjærs Museum, Frøstrup
2022 - Peter Haubro , Filosoffen Kunstbygning, Odense
Legacy and Impact
[edit]Peter Haubro’s artistic legacy lies in his synthesis of Nordic and Mediterranean sensibilities. He was often described as a “Danish Viking” at heart and a European citizen in practice. He used his art to comment on the human condition: nationalist turmoil in Albania, cultural memory in Europe, and the universal search for “freedom, rights, citizenship” that he explicitly valued. His international career helped bring attention to cross-cultural dialogue through art. In Denmark he contributed to the art scene by sharing his Balkan and French experiences, and by exhibiting in many local associations in Frederikssund, Vordingborg,Frøstrup (Kirsten Kjærs Museum),Odense ( Filosoffen Kunstbygning), Sobysø on Ærø, etc.. In sum, Haubro’s work chronologically evolved from graphic works in the 1970s, through politically-charged Eastern European 1990 with collages, tusch drawings, aquarelles and oil in the 1990s, then collage-driven installations, collages and oil canvases of the 2000s-2020s. The cohesive thread throughout was a commitment to people and place – as he put it, “My homeland is the people… my friends in Albania, Romania, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Sweden… that is Haubro’s homeland”. His paintings and collages thus form a portrait not just of an individual, but of a Europe in transition. As art historians note, Haubro will be remembered for bringing the color and strangeness of a wide world into Danish painting, leaving behind a uniquely hybrid style.
Books
[edit]1. Tete Marsi - Peter Haubro, Forlaget Grumløse, ISBN 87985304-5-3, EURORILINDJA, Tirana 1996
2. MANDAGSMÅNE , Digte, Peter Haubro, Forlaget Grumløse 1996, Tryk EURORILINDJA, Tirana, ISBN 87-985304-3-7
3. TIRANA, Peter Haubro, Forlaget Grumløse 1996, ISBN 87985304-4-5 , Tirana 1996
4. TIRAIKU - DIgte , Peter Haubro, Lemontree Publishing House Bogtryk: Blendi Tirana , Printed in Tirana 1998, Supported by Beckett Foundation
5. Citrontræshaven Digte, Peter Haubro, Lemontree Publishing House, Printed in Tirana 1998, Supported by Beckett Foundation, Bogtry "Blendi Tirana"
6. GARGOIL Tuschtegninger af Peter Haubro, Trykt hos Levison Johnsen + Johnsen A/S 1999, Citrontræshaven Forlag Hastrupvej 17 - DK - 4720 Præstø, ISBN 87-987522-00
7. BUK E DJATH Bread and Cheese, Lemontree Publishing House, Tirana 1999, Printed by "Bledi" Printing House ISBN 87-987522-0-0
8. GARGOILS nummer 2, Peter Haubro , ISBN 87-987522-2-7 Trykt hos Levison + Johnsen + Johnsen A/S , 2000
9. "AJO" - 101 tuschtegninger om byen Tirana af Peter Haubro, Forlaget Citrotræshaven 2000 , ISBN 87-987522-3-5, Trykt hos Levison+Johnsen+Johnsen A/S
10. KISMET Poems Peter Haubro , Forlaget Citronhaven in cooperation with Lemontree Publishing House , Printed by "Blendi" Printing House , Printed in Tirana 2001, ISBN 87-91024-05-6
11. LE VACARME DES FUSILS GACHE LE GOUT DE LA MARMELADE, Poemes - Peter Haubro, Lemontree Publishing HOuse 2008, Printed by Richard Larsen Grafisk A/S 2008, ISBN 87-91024-37-4
12. KANONTORDEN FORDÆRVER SMAGEN AF MARMELADE, DIgte - Peter Haubro, Forlaget Citrontræshaven 2008, Trykt af Richard Larsen Grafisk A/S 2008, ISBN 87-91024-39-0
13. THUNDER OF GUNS SPOILS THE TASTE OF MARMELADE, Poems - Peter Haubro, Lemontree Publishing House 2008, ISBN 87-91024-38-2
14. "Catalogue" Peter Haubro 2008 Published with finavial support from Beckett Fonden, Lemontreegarden Publishinghouse 2008, Printed by Richard Larsen Grafisk A/S 2008 ISBN 87-91024-35-8
15. 1947 - Poemes, Peter Haubro Editions Le Jardin du Citronnier, ISBN 87-9102 4-49-8
16. FONDAMENTE NOVE - Poèmes , Peter Haubro, Lemontreegarden Publishing House
17. FONDAMENTE NOVE , Digte, Peter Haubro, Forlaget Citrontræshaven, 2008, Trykt hos Richard Larsen Grafisk A/S ISBN 87-91024-33-1
18. FONDAMENTE NOVE, Poems, Peter Haubro , Lemontreegarden Publishing House 2008, Printed by Richard Larsen A/S, ISBN 87-91024-32-3
19. CATALOGUE Peter Haubro 2015, Published with financial support from Beckett Fonden, Printed by IMEAF, 26160 La Begude de Mazenc, Edition le jardin du citronnier , ISBN 87-91024-47-1
20. Den velsignede optagethed, En bog om maleren Paul Beckett, Peter Haubro 2022, Tryk: Specialtrykkeriet ARCO ISBN 987-87-971477-7-1
21. LES GARGOUILLES REVOLTEES , Poemes de Laurent Maunoury et Veronique Averseng, Gravures de Pascal Andrault, Torben Bo Halbirk , Peter Haubro, Editions ATELIER BO HALBIRK
22. L'OGRE DANS LA MONTAGNE , Poemes de KLAUS RIFBJERG 2015 volume 1, Version francaise Andre Kifidis, Peter Haubro, Illustrations - Peter Haubro, Publie grace au support financier du Statens Kunstgfond, Special Trykkeriet Viborg, Printed in Denmark 2015, ISBN 87-91024-44-7
References
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- 1 2 Danskernes Historie Online, "slægten DAHL med indgiftede familier", (1955), https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/2023/929718.pdf
- 1 2 3 "SNESEJLER". www.snesejler.dk. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
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- 1 2 "Thorkild Bjørnvig". bibliografi.dk. Retrieved 2026-09-28.
- ↑ RTV KLAN (2021-12-18). Ekspozita “Kuq e zi” e artistëve danez vjen në Galerinë Kombëtare të Arteve (7 Shkurt 2003). Retrieved 2026-09-28 – via YouTube.
- 1 2 RTV KLAN (2020-01-03). Ekspozita e piktorit Suedez në Tiranë - (23 Mars 2000). Retrieved 2026-09-28 – via YouTube.
- ↑ La Tribune , 02/17/17, "Montelimar: Peter Haubro in the spotlight at the 52nd painting exhibition"
- ↑ The Entertainer , Edition 458, 12th-18th MArch 1994, The English Language Weekly for the Coast of Spain
- ↑ Atelier de Gravure Bo Halbirk
- ↑ L'association Les Gargouils Revolte"
- ↑ Fundacion Valparaiso , Mojacar, Spanien
- ↑ Triennale d'art contemporain, LE PAPIER A L'OEUVRE
- ↑ https://www.bohalbirk.com/artistes/peter_haubro.html
- ↑ https://cvrapi.dk/virksomhed/dk/citrontraeshaven-peter-lund-havbro-petersen/21760404
- ↑ http://signaturbogen.wikidot.com/peter-haubro
- ↑ https://www.sn.dk/art1665795/vordingborg-kommune/kunst-man-ikke-bare-gaar-forbi/
- ↑ https://bohalbirk.com/img_home/Catalogue%20LE%20COEUR%20EN%20CENDRES.pdf
- ↑ https://soeg.kb.dk/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma99122916237205763&context=L&vid=45KBDK_KGL:KGL&lang=da&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,Selv%20i%20Paradis%20er%20der%20en%20duft%20af%20mandeltr%C3%A6ernes%20blomster&sortby=date_d&facet=frbrgroupid,include,9079470889719746207&offset=0
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- ↑ https://www.sn.dk/art1710812/danmark/ny-udstilling-i-borup-kulturhus/
- ↑ https://www.ledauphine.com/drome/2017/02/09/peter-haubro-peintre-d-honneur-et-bourlingeur-de-reves
- ↑ https://arkiv.dk/vis/5034858
- ↑ https://www.ledauphine.com/drome/2017/02/09/se-frotter-aux-professionnels-permet-de-progresser
- ↑ https://www.ledauphine.com/drome/2013/01/20/peter-haubro-artiste-iconoclaste-libertaire-et-engage
- ↑ https://www.lalsace.fr/haut-rhin/2017/12/03/les-oeuvres-de-peter-haubro-petersen-aux-essences-de-l-art
- ↑ https://bibliotek.dk/en/materiale/den-velsignede-optagethed_peter-haubro/work-of:870970-basis:135859559
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