Zieler was educated at the Royal Art Academy in 1928 and was a pupil of Karl Larsen. Zieler also studied at the painting school studio of Harald Giersing from 1926-27 and took art lessons from Aksel Jörgensen at the fresco school from 1927-32. Zieler was a multi talented artist and worked with many different media like oil paintings, drawings, graphic artworks, interior designs and cover designs to books and posters. Zieler has travelled in Finland, Norway, Paris, Italy, Germany and Bali where he did many landscapes and portraits. The motifs of Zieler are known for their powerful dark colours mixed with light painting strokes and modernistic views. Zieler has been exhibited numerous times all around Scandinavia and in New York, Paris, Rome and Glasgow.
Exhibitions in Scandinavia:
Danish Art, Lunds Konsthall, Sweden: 1959
Interskandinavian, Oslo, Norway: 1932
Danish Art Exhibition, Oslo, Norway:1946
Nordic Art, Oslo, Norway: 1953
The Artists Fall Exhibition: 1926-29, 1931-32, 1934;
Charlottenborg : 1929-30, 1933-34;
Aarhus Art Museum: 1975
De Fabulerende, Nikolaj: 1979
Odder Art Union: 1984
Exhibitions Outside Scandinavia:
Color Lithography, Cincinnati Art Mus. 1952;
Peintures, gravures danoises, Mus. Galliéra. Paris 1953
Bonniers, N.Y.: 1951
Arte Nord. Contemp., Palazzo delle Espo: Rome 1955
Modern Danish Painting and Sculpture. Glasgow Museum: 1956
Danish Graphic Artists USA: 1966-67
Danish house, Paris 1964
Papier aus Jutland, Bürgerhaus Giessen, Germany: 1973
Auction Prices:
Mogens Zieler is listed in artprice.com and has been sold for $2,031.
(Bruun Rasmussen, Velje. 09-08-2001. Lot No: 685)
Øbro Art Gallery 