Lars Bo (29 May 1924 in Kolding – 21 October 1999 in Paris) was a Danish artist and writer. He is known for his graphic works with surrealistically inspired fantastic motifs. He was nicknamed "Wizard". Lars Bo worked with P. Rostrup Bøyesen at

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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 early 1950s to study art and printmaking techniques at the famous

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, under the directorship of

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. Bo began a long and successful career as an artist of the illustrated book in 1952. Until 1996 he produced etchings and

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s for many great illustrated books. Some of his greatest works in this field are for classic editions of

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. Lars Bo began exhibiting his individual prints and paintings in Paris in 1954. Shortly thereafter he became a leading artist for the French periodical,

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. By 1960 Bo had established an international reputation (especially for his original prints) and exhibitions of his art were held in England, the United States and Japan.

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, Beaumont, Texas

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1924 births 1999 deaths Modern printmakers 20th-century Danish painters Danish surrealist artists 20th-century Danish illustrators Danish male novelists Danish resistance members Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery 20th-century Danish novelists 20th-century printmakers Atelier 17 alumni 20th-century Danish male writers People from Kolding Danish expatriates in France {{Denmark-painter-stub