(1913 - 2007)

Formand for Censurkomiteen for Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling 1945, 1948 og 1949.
Næstformand for Kunstnersamfundets Malersektion 1949.
Medlem af Kunstnerkomiteen for Udstillinger i Udlandet 1949-51.
Åbning af Carl-Henning Pedersen og Else Alfelt Museet i Herning 1976.
Medlem af Høstudstillingen 1942-50
Medlem af Den Frie Udstilling 1951-53
Medlem af Grønningen fra 1980


SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:

2006
Cobra Museum – Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, Netherlands

2003
Retrospective, Statens Museum for Kunst, Copenhagen, Denmark

2002
Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen

2001
8th International Cairo Biennale (Guest of Honor), Egypt

1999
Franske År, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen
Entre Ciel et Terre. Watercolours and drawings from the Carl-Henning Pedersen ann Else Ahlfelt Museum, Maison du Danemark, Paris

1998
COBRA 50 Years, Arken, Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen; Museum of Modern Art, Amstelveen, Holland; Fundacio Biennal de Sao Paolo, Brasil
Carl-Henning Pedersen, Else Alfelt and Shinkichi Tajiri, The Carl-Henning Pedersen and Else Alfelt Museum, Herning, Denmark
Carl-Henning Pedersen - Marc Chagall, Arken - Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen
Cobra, Art Experimental 1948-1951, Musée Cantonal des Beaux-Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland

1996
20 år i Frankrig, Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen
Øjne i Natten, Frederiks Bastion, Copenhagen; Scandinavian Congress Center, Århus

1994
Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen

1993
Carl-Henning Pedersen og Jørgen Haugen Sørensen, Charlottenborg, Copenhagen

1989
Städtischen Gallerie im Lenbach Haus, München, Germany

1988
Cobra, Henie/Onstad Museum, Norway
Galerie Asbæk, Copenhagen
The Olympics Worldexhibition, Seoul, South Korea

1986
Galerie Ariel, Paris, France

1983
Retrospektiv, malerier og akvareller, Louisiana Museum, Humlebæk
Retrospektiv, malerier og akvareller, Kunstforeningen, Copenhagen
Retrospektiv, malerier, The Modern Museum of Art, Henie/Onstad Museum, Oslo, Norway

1982
COBRA, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Grønningen, Copenhagen

1981
Grønningen, Copenhagen

1980
Danish Artists. Carl-Henning Pedersen, Else Alfeldt, Egill Jacobsen, Budapest, Ungarn; Warszawa, Poland.
Carl-Henning Pedersen, Lorenzelli Arte, Milano, Italy

1978
Modern Museum of Art, Dublin, Ireland

1974
Salute to Denmark, Lefebre Gallery, New York, USA

1973
Danish Art, Grand Palais, Paris, France

1970
World Exhibition, Osaka, Japan

1968
Exhibition of Expressionist Art after 1950, Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland; Roumania, Australia, Belgium and Finland.
Marzotto Prize Exhibition, Valdagno, Italy

1967
Internationale des Zeichning, Darmstadt, Germany

1966
European Drawings, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, USA; Hawaii, Canada, Argentina and Germany.

1964
Danish Abstract Art. A Danish Contribution to International Development in Art since 1933, Det Danske Kulturministerium in collaboration with Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., USA.

1963
Vitalità nell'Arte, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy; vandreudstilling (Europa)
Idole und Dämonen, Museum des 20. Jahrunderts, Wien, Austria
Carl-Henning Pedersen, Galerie de France, Paris, France
Visione Colore, Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
Biennalen i Sao Paolo, Brasilien

1960
Retrospektiv, Kunstforening, Copenhagen

1956
The Guggenheim International Exhibition, The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York.

1955
Expressionism 1900-1955, The Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota; vandreudstilling (USA).

1952
Contemporary Drawings from 12 Countries, 1945-1952, The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio; vandreudstilling (USA).
The Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

1948
Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy

1936
Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling, Copenhagen


COMMISSIONS (selection):

1998
The Hall of Mirrors, The Prime Minister's Department, Christiansborg, Copenhagen

1990
Udsmykning af Herning Centralsygehus, Herning, Danmark

1989-90
emaljemaleri til Den Danske Eksportskole, Herning

1985
Litografier til 12 eventyr af H.C.Andersen

1982-87
Uddsmykning af Ribe Domkirke

1977-78
Keramisk udsmykning i Haderslev Museum

1975-93
Keramisk mur på Polyteknisk Læreranstalt; Keramisk udsmykning af Carl-Henning Pedersen og Else Alfelts Museum

1968-71
Mosaikvæg i John F. Kennedyskolen

1971
Dekorationer til Wozzeck, Det Kgl. Teater

1965-68
Keramisk mur til Angli, Herning

1966
Fortæppe til Det Ny Teater

1966
Fortæppe til Det Ny Teater

1959-64
Mosaikvæg i H.C.Ørstedsinstituttet


GRANTS AND HONOURS:

1989
Ærespris fra International Akademi for Filosofi og Kunst i Kalamata, Grækenland

1980
Prins Eugen-Medaljen

1969
Henrik Steffensens-Prisen
Niels Larsen-Stevns Legat

1963
Thorvaldsen-Medaljen

1962
UNESCO-Prisen

1958
Guggenheim-Prisen

1950
Eckersberg-Medaljen


REPRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING COLLECTIONS:

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, USA
Göteborg Kunstmuseum, Göteborg, Sverige
Louisiana Museum, Humlebæk
Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sverige
Museum of Art, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
Nasjonalgalleriet, Oslo, Norge
Nordjyllands Museum, Ålborg
The State Museum, Bucharest, Rumænien
Statens Museum for Kunst, København
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Holland




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