Biography

         A short Biography

Johannes was born on the small island of Fyn, Denmark in 1939. When he was 7 years old, the family emmigrated to Argentina. At the age of 12, he won his school's drawing competition in the province of Cordoba; the drawing was exhibited at the Museo de Bellas Artes in Cordoba, Argentina. 

At the age of 20 he returned to his native Denmark to begin studies in Electrical Engineering, graduating in 1964. 

In 1966 he emmigrated to the USA, where he worked in Engineering until his retirement in 1997..     

In 1974 he began a parallel career as an artist, studying art in night school, painting whenever he had a free moment.   After some years he began exhibiting his paintings in art shows throughout the New England, and later, after his retirement from Engineering,  began exhibiting his paintings in Denmark, where he had bought a small vacation cottage outside Copenhagen.

In 2003 he moved to the Mediterranean coast of Spain with his wife, where he continued exhibiting his paintings,and also teaching art in the Danish Club in Torrevieja.

A more detailed biography 

Being born at the beginning of WWII, when Denmark was invaded by Germany, there were few toys available for children. I was given color pencils, which was more than enough to keep me busy and content. I added my own illustrations to the children's book I was given.
My parents had many books. I discovered that many of these books had some white pages in the front of the book. I would carefully remove these pages that provided surfaces for my scribblings. I loved painting and drawing, an activity I would continue after the family emigrated to Argentina, when I was 7 years old. When my Argentine school in the province of Córdoba held a drawing competition, where the subject matter was San Martin (the Argentine hero and liberator) cossing the Andes, I participated with enthusiasm, winning the school competition.  
The drawing was to be displayed at Cordoba's Museo de Bellas Artes for some time, together with the winning entries from other schools.
At the age of 16 I dropped out of High School, and began working full time, while taking night courses in electronics. In 1960 I got work on a Norwegian ship for the duration of the ships voyage to Hamburg. I began a Engineering study in Denmark, graduating in 1964.
In 1966 I emigrated to the USA where i worked as a Engineer. It was in 1973 that my interest in art was awoken again. I've described this elsewhere in this blog.