Poul Anker Bech

“Poul Anker Bech is an artist who moves effortlessly between different worlds. Realism and surrealism, landscape and theatre, storytelling and mystery, humour and seriousness, illusion and painting – these are some of the contrasts that create the tension at the heart of his art.”

Finn Terman Frederiksen, writing on the occasion of the exhibition “The Lost Land” at Randers Museum of Art in 2010.
Randers Art Museum in 2010.

Selected works

I drift

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												<p>“In Drift” was painted with oil on canvas in 2003 and measures 195×360 cm. The work is the middle image in the large triptych “The Lost Land”, which is also considered Poul Anker Bech’s main work.</p>
<p>The work is owned by <a href="http://www.randerskunstmuseum.dk/">Randers Art Museum, </a>together with the other works in the triptych: “Sommernat” and “En vinter lang”. The works are described in several places – e.g. in the book “Det tabte land” by Finn Terman Frederiksen and in an article in the magazine “Kulturmagasinet”. <a href="https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kultur/stor-kunst-til-en-lang-vinter">review in Kristeligt Dagblad</a> about the exhibition “The Lost Land” at the Randers Art Museum in 2011.</p>
<p><strong><a href="https://poulankerbech.dk/en/product/i-drift/">“In operation” is reproduced as an art print and can be purchased here</a></strong></p>

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Sommernat

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												<p>“Summer Night” was painted in oil on canvas in 2003. The work is the last image in the large triptych “The Lost Land”, which is also considered Poul Anker Bech’s main work.</p>
<p>The work is owned by <a href="http://www.randerskunstmuseum.dk/">Randers Art Museum, </a>together with the other works in the triptych: “In drift” and “A winter long”. The works are described in several places – e.g. in the book “Det tabte land” by Finn Terman Frederiksen and in a <a href="https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kultur/stor-kunst-til-en-lang-vinter">review in Kristeligt Dagblad</a> about the exhibition “The Lost Land” at the Randers Art Museum in 2011.</p>
<p>Dimensions: 195×360 cm</p>
<p><a href="https://poulankerbech.dk/en/product/sommernat/">”Summer Night” is reproduced as an art print and can be purchased here</a></p>

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Asfaltseranade

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												<p>“Asphalt-painted” was painted with oil on canvas in 2003.</p>
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<p>The work is part of the art collection at the SMK | Statens Museum for Kunst and measures 200 x 350 cm. “Asfaltseranade is described in the book “Det tabte land” by Finn Terman Fredriksen.”.</p>
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<p><a href="https://poulankerbech.dk/en/product/asfaltserenade/">Asphalt-inspired finds are available as Art Print and can be purchased here</a></p>
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Svævende sommer

Vinterdag på stranden

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<p>“Winter Day at the Beach” was painted in oil on canvas in 2009. The painting forms part of a triptych along with “Floating Summer” and “The Muldvarpe Hunters”, which can also be purchased as prints here on the page.</p>
<p>The paintings are described in the book “The Lost Land” under the heading “The Muldvarp – and the Muldvarp experts”.</p>
<p>All three oil paintings are owned by <a href="https://www.nyborgstrand.dk/da/component/content/article/25-om-os/om-os/48-kunsten-trives">Hotel Nyborg Strand, where they can be seen in the lobby</a></p>
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En vinter lang

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												<h3>En vinter lang</h3>
<p>“A Winter Long” was painted in oil on canvas in 2005. The work is the last image in the large triptych “The Lost Land”, which is also considered Poul Anker Bech’s main work.</p>
<p>The work is owned by <a href="http://www.randerskunstmuseum.dk/">Randers Art Museum, </a>together with the other works in the triptych: “In drift” and “Sommernat”. The works are described in several places – e.g. in the book “Det tabte land” by Finn Terman Frederiksen and in an article in the magazine “Kunstkritik”. <a href="https://www.kristeligt-dagblad.dk/kultur/stor-kunst-til-en-lang-vinter">review in Kristeligt Dagblad</a> about the exhibition “The Lost Land” at the Randers Art Museum in 2011.<br />
Dimensions: 195×360 cm</p>

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Books

Several books have been written about Poul Anker Bech’s art and life. Here you can find the latest publications

We love Poul Anker Bech

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<p></strong>The book has been published by Kunstbygningen in Vrå in conjunction with the special exhibition of the same name. The publication has been prepared by the director of Kunstbygningen, Signe Højmark, and also includes a text contribution by Karl Bornhøft.</p>
<p>The focus of both the book and the exhibition is the close relationship between Poul Anker Bech and his audience. The publication maps and documents a wide range of privately owned paintings that are normally not available to the public, and the book thus serves as a valuable register of the artist’s presence in private collections.</p>
<p>Since the book was produced directly by them for the special exhibition, you can purchase it physically at their reception or contact them via <span class="" data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-complete="true" data-sfc-inited="2" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Arial, sans-serif, "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);"><a class="H23r4e" href="https://www.kunstbygningenvraa.dk/poul-anker-bech/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-ved="2ahUKEwigkKq-vf-WAxVOLBAIHTaJDm4Qy_kOegYIAAgjEAI" data-hveid="CAAIIxAC" aria-label="The art building in Vrå. Link preview. Site: The art building in Vrå. Title: Poul Anker Bech - The art building in Vrå. URL: https://www.kunstbygningenvraa.dk/poul-anker-bech/." data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Arial, sans-serif, "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: underline 1px rgb(21, 88, 214); border-bottom: 0px rgb(21, 88, 214);">The art building in Vrå</a></span></div>

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Poul Anker Bech – On the way

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<p>The publication “Poul Anker Bech – On the Way” is a special exhibition book published by <span class="iNqyIf" data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Arial, sans-serif, "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 500; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(0, 29, 53);">Vendsyssel Art Museum in 2026.<br />
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Beyond the horizon

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												<h3>Beyond the horizon</h3>
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<p><strong>Lars Kærulf Møller, Sine Kildeberg and Hanne Abildgaard, 2012</strong></p>
<p>The book accompanied the dialogue exhibition of the same name and explores the artistic kinship between Poul Anker Bech and Niels Lergaard.</p>
<p>The book is 100 pages long and contains contributions from art historians and museum directors Lars Kærulf Møller, Sine Kildeberg and Hanne Abildgaard.</p>
<p>The texts and the many color renderings illuminate how the two painters process the Bornholmian and the North Jutlandian horizons as existential scenes, respectively.</p>
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From the backstage at Poul Anker Bech

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												<h3>From the backstage at Poul Anker Bech</h3>
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<p><strong>Poul Blak, 2008</strong></p>
<p>From the backstage at Poul Anker Bech’s concert” is a central and popular conversation book about the Northern Jutland painter written by the journalist and author Poul Blak.</p>
<p>The book is considered the only true, comprehensive narrative and portrait book about the “painter from Vrå”.</p>
<p>It invites the reader right into Beck’s private home and studio in Vendsyssel. Through close conversations and a large photo gallery, one gets a unique, personal insight into the artist’s creative processes, complex thinking, and his very special perspective on the Danish landscape.</p>
<p><span class="iNqyIf" data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-complete="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Arial, sans-serif, "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);">The book originally appeared in 2008 through Forlaget Hovedland. In 2022, the publisher published a sought-after, revised 2nd edition featuring a significantly expanded photo gallery of his paintings.</span></p>
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The lost land – Poul anchors Bechs visual world

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												<h3>The lost land – Poul anchors Bechs visual world</h3>
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<p><strong>Finn Terman Frederiksen, 2010</strong></p>
<p>“The Lost Land – Poul Anker Bech’s World of Imagery” is written by art historian Finn Terman Frederiksen and published by the Randers Art Museum in 2010.</p>
<p>The book is considered a major work about Poul Anker Bech and his life's work.</p>
<p>It takes its point of departure in the artist's large, monumental trilogy <em class="zhvwWe" data-sfc-cp="" data-sfc-root="ep" data-complete="true" data-processed="true" data-copy-service-computed-style="font-family: "Google Sans", Arial, sans-serif, "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 16px; font-weight: 400; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 0px rgb(10, 10, 10);">The Lost Land 1-3</em> and from here, undertakes an in-depth analysis of Beck’s characteristic, surrealist and often melancholic visual world.</p>
<p>The book was created in close and intense collaboration with Poul Anker Bech himself right up until the artist’s death in 2009.</p>
<p>It contains extensive documentation, biographical notes and a rich list of images of his paintings. The book is 217 pages long, bound in hardback with a dust jacket.</p>
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