"Stones in waters edge, B, Sri Lanka"
Acrylic on Canvas | 18.9x25.2 in
$438
Dan Civa
Kantharalak District, Sisaket Province,, Thailand
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(Painting, Sculpture)
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Born unknown date
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34 artworks by Dan Civa (Selection)
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"Autumn with lake, Denmark"
Oil on Canvas | 12.6x18.9 in
$476
"Autumn ploughing, Denmark"
Acrylic on Canvas | 20.5x26 in
$752
"Danish goose farm in autumn time 1"
Acrylic on Canvas | 18.1x26.4 in
$538
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"Emotionel movements (2016 no. 7.)"
Oil on Canvas | 23.6x15.8 in
$752
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"Emotionel movements 2016 no.3."
Oil on Canvas | 23.6x15.8 in
$752
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"Chimpanzee portrait (chimp-12)"
Oil on Canvas | 19.7x15.8 in
$697
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"Chimpanzee portrait (chimp 5)"
Oil on Canvas | 11.8x15.8 in
$676
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"Chimpanzee portrait (chimp 7)"
Oil on Canvas | 23.6x31.1 in
$799
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"Stones in waters edge, A, Sri Lanka"
Acrylic on Canvas | 18.9x25.2 in
$438
"Autumn with lake and small bridge"
Oil on Canvas | 12.6x19.3 in
$476
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"Danish goose farm in autumn season"
Acrylic on Canvas | 18.1x26.4 in
$538
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"Duck with ducklings in a park, Copenhagen"
Acrylic on Canvas | 25.6x31.5 in
$619
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"Emotionel movements (2016 no.6.)"
Oil on Canvas | 23.6x15.8 in
$752
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"Emtionel movements 2016 no.2."
Oil on Canvas | 23.6x15.8 in
$752
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"Chimpanzee portrait (chimp 9)"
Oil on Canvas | 11.8x11.8 in
$676
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"Chimpanzee sleeping, Copenhagen Zdoo, Denmark"
Oil on Canvas | 15.8x19.7 in
$697
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"Stilt fishing, Sri Lanka"
Acrylic on Canvas | 16.9x17.7 in
$490
"Emotionel movement no. 9"
Oil on Canvas | 23.6x19.3 in
$732
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"Autumn ploughing, Denmark"
Oil on Canvas | 12.6x18.9 in
$476
"Arrangement with black belt"
Acrylic on Canvas | 21.3x20.5 in
$525
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"Emotionel movements (2016 no. 1.)"
Oil on Canvas | 23.6x15.8 in
$752
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"Emotionel movements 2016 no.5."
Oil on Canvas | 23.6x15.8 in
$752
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"Chimpanzee portrait (chimp11)"
Oil on Canvas | 11.8x15.8 in
$662
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"Chimpanzee portrait (chimp 10)"
Oil on Canvas | 11.8x15.8 in
$676
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"Chimpanzee portrait (chimp 8)"
Oil on Canvas | 11.8x11.8 in
$676
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"Duck with ducklings in a park, Copenhagen, Denmark"
Acrylic on Canvas | 25.6x31.5 in
$619
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"Harvesting peaces, Autumn time, Denmark"
Acrylic on Canvas | 20.5x26 in
$752
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"Sunglasses, neckglace and seashell"
Acrylic on Canvas | 17.7x22.1 in
$518
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"Emotionel movements (2016 no. 8.)"
Oil on Canvas | 23.6x15.8 in
$752
Prints available
"Emotionel movements (2016 no. 4.)"
Oil on Canvas | 23.6x15.8 in
$752
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"Chimpanzee portrait (chimp 13)"
Oil on Canvas | 15.8x11.8 in
$662
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"Walking chimpanzee"
Oil on Canvas | 19.7x19.7 in
$718
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"Chimpanzee portrait (chimp 11) Copenhagen Zoo Denmark"
Oil on Canvas | 19.7x19.7 in
$718
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Biography
DAN CIVA:
International painter of realistic & abstract style with technique in wide-ranging, extensive pictorial subjects. Contemporary artist in 40 years.
Residence in Copenhagen, Denmark and in North East Thailand .
Education - Resume of the past:
Academic Art School and Self-taught. Born 1939 in Denmark - Europe.
Before: Educated as Artistic Decorator of Window Displays 1953-1957. Special School 1958-1959 with diploma and 3 x highest grade in chromatology and theory of colour composition.
Allround Freelance Decorator and Sign Writer & Illustrator1961-1981 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Interior Designer and joinery for different lines of business. Study travels to different countries.
Privately owned gallery called "Civa Gallery" 1980-1984 and Privately owned gallery called the "Species Gallery" 1995-1999 in Copenhagen, Denmark. Emigration with family to Sri Lanka 1983-1984. Back to Denmark 1984.
Established the arrangement "Art Studio Project" from October 1988 - January 1989 with Dan Civa as organizer, exhibitor and player in zoo-cage studio with dayly, public contemplation and many visitors.
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Exhibitions and Sale: Public Galleries and own galleries, Art Houses, Art Centers, Art Museums, 140 Art Accociations by Authorities, City Halls, Banks, Different Companies, Shopping Malls and other places. Accepted 22 times by Hanging Committee Exhibitions in Spring, Summer & Autumn. Also sold to many private collecters.
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Established the arrangement "Art Studio Project" from October 1988 - January 1989 with Dan Civa as organizer, exhibitor and player in zoo-cage studio with dayly, public contemplation and many visitors.
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Inspiration journeys: Several European countries, Thailand, Sri Lanka, Singapore,
Hong Kong, Cambodia and African countries,
Emigration to Sri Lanka 1983-1984. Back to Denmark 1984.
Studio in Thailand since 1996
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Literary activity and press: extensive articles, feature articles,
letters etc. in the dayly press and magazines since 1978 writing about genetic engineering, art and art life, outlook on life, human behaviour, psychology and other subjects in a realistic/philosophical language. Local TV and broadcast
Artist Of The Month in Digital Consciousness (Nov. 2009).
VLTV interview in Species Gallery*June 1997 > ZeiM5-AYno4 <
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Weilbachs Art Encyclopedia volume 2/1994. Extract from 2 column: "Characteristic for all paintings is the strong colors and a high degree of technical perfection"
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Nationality:
DENMARK
- Date of birth : unknown date
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Danish Contemporary Artists
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Achievements
Solo Expositions
1988
Art Studio Project
Aabenraa,
South Denmark,
Denmark
1987
Own Galleris Called "Civa Gallery" And "Species Gallery"
Copenhagen,
Copenhagen,
Denmark
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Last modification date : May 1, 2024
(Member since 2003)
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Artworks by Dan Civa added to favorite collections: 151
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Added Jan 10, 2016
One of many ways to create abstract art works. Manage the proces step by step with concentration and constructive planning. Find your own individual technic based on the idea and wish to create something different that comes from your talent and feelings
Added Nov 29, 2016
Dan Civa opinion about art and art life
The colors in these paintings is a changing idea, as a colorist, to paint great and amazing animals in a different, imaginative way with respectful distance from the natural and often boring colors.
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Dan Civa prefer to be independent from commercial galleries and feel free to paint whatever appeal to his emotions and the inconstant variety of life forms around us in the place we live, or by discover other cultures and life styles in the amazing World. Being connected to one gallery he would feel stocked to create the same style of artwork for commercial reasons. Any talented artist who can manage a personal, professional technique, should feel free to express what comes to his mind, without any artdealers order to produce for own profit.
The truth of free art is individual talented with emotional curiosity and honesty
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About my abstract artworks:
Emotional movements is a series of new abstractions in oil paintings on canvas or wood boards. The idea is to express the momentary feelings from the individual state of mind with memories of everything that moves around us in the dayly life between people and animals and the invariable changeable nature
Added Mar 11, 2016
Dan Civa Art Works from the period with Human Animal motifs in paintings and drawings
Added Jan 10, 2016
This video shows examples of small abstract/figurative paintings, all 45x38 cm in white passepartout 70x50 cm and framed with glass and light wood frames
Added Jan 10, 2016
Future related motifs referring to coming possibilities in the development of genetic engineering. Oil paintings and drawings are reflecting examples of transgenetic manipulation with human beings and
animals. A hypothetical, imaginary progress in evolution of today - a foreseeble possibility of tomorrow.
Added Oct 26, 2003
SCULPTURES in rosewood - Thailand
SCULPTURES in hard wood from rosewood roots
Polished and mounted on nature stones from million of years
Dan Civa sculptures are produced in his studio in the North of Thailand.
Sculpture innovation in new look for modern life -style
Added Oct 26, 2003
Human Animal
Added Oct 26, 2003
Article
DAN CIVA: Danish, international painter with realistic/expressive style. Self-taught and Academic Art School. Born 1939 in Denmark. Live also in North Thailand.
Subjects in paintings: animals, people and nature i warm colours, especially influenced from long time staying in the Far East with kinship in Sri Lanka.
Glowing pictures with motifs from Africa, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Denmark, depict a number of experiences among colourful people in different stories of everydays life style and temperaments.
For the last 22 years also TRANSGÉNETIC MOTIFS of ´HumanAnimals´in paintings and drawings with the combination of human being and animal, referring to coming possibilities in the future of genetic engineering.
Ideas and inspiration comes from a personal, deep interest in experiments and new ways from results in science and research, today and tomorrow.
CONTEMPORARY ARTIST IN 40 YEARS.
Before: Educated as Artistic Decorator of Window Displays 1953-1957. Special School 1958-1959 with diploma. Allround Freelance Decorator and Sign Writer 1961-1981 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Privately owned gallery called "Civa Gallery" 1980-1984 and Privately owned gallery called the "Species Gallery" 1995-1999 in Copenhagen, Denmark.
Emigration with family to Sri Lanka 1983-1984. Back to Denmark 1984.
Established the arrangement "Art Studio Project" from October 1988 - January 1989 with Dan Civa as organizer, exhibitor and player in zoo-cage studio with dayly, public contemplation and many visitors.
Exhibitions since 1978 in Public Galleries and many Art Associations. Participation in several Hanging Committee Exhibitions, Art Houses, Art Centers, Art Museums and other.
Added Oct 26, 2003
Article
DAN CIVA : Oil paintings and drawings, in realistic style, are reflecting portrait examples of transgenetic manipulation with human beings and animals. Probably a hypothetical, imaginary development of today but a foreseeable realistic possibility of tomorrow. These art works are all, more or less, influenced from genetic reseach, but I try at the same time to go some steps further into a still unpredictable future perspective. A well-informed acknowledment of consciousness by possible things' continuation and repression of the impossible matters in life. At the same time, my mission with such paintings is a warning signal of anziety for power structure of the human race. When human, somehow, want to play God, the risk could be fatal for our existence.
Transgenetic manipulation separately with human beings and with animals, and with man & animal, with plants etc, were earlier just "a whim in the course of nature". Today and in the future these evolution-wishes can be realized genetically.
Whatever we like it or not. With the inborn need of curiosity through the human brain there´s only ethical distance to the already started gene theraphy and gene cloning with everything this brings along for mankind.
Reviews and comments
Et toujours de belles couleurs .
Belle composition et magnifique couleur .
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I love your work. Was looking for inspiration for my own art work about african market and came across your website. I too love colours and perhaps because I am sri lankan too living in the UK I was attracted to your style. Thankyou
Un bonjour du Québec!
Vos oeuvres m'impressionnent vraiment...
Quelle expression dans vos personnages!
Quelles couleurs vivantes...!
Un délices pour les yeux...
Un gros bravo du fond du coeur...
Merci
Solle Martineau
Great colors !
Hello Dan,Thank you for your message and for your interest to my artwork.It was very nice to receive such a feedback from the artist.I've visited your pages and was impressed by your series of Africapaintings, very sincere and interesting work. Do you often exhibitin Denmark? What is the situation with art in your country?I live in Moldova, one of the East European countries; I've juststarted to show my works on the Internet, and to look for theinternationalopportunities because there are no real places and audience here in my country. Hope situation is better in Denmark. Let me know somethingabout yourself.Best Regards,Nadia Pronina
Hello Dan,Thank you for signing my guestbook and for appreciating my artworks.I really enjoyed my visit to your websites: your paintings are wonderful; I like expecially your section about Denmark landscapes.Merry Christmas and best RegardsSilvana Brunotti
Un grand merci pour vos compliments. J'ai regardé vos oeuvres. Elles sont magnifiques. Nous descendons tous du singe et nous en sommes fiers. Pour ma part je continue à chercher dans l'abstraction réelle ce petit moment de vérité.Entre «artiste» des échanges sont possibles. A bientôt. Claude Bresson
Many thanks for your compliments. I looked at your works. They are wonderful. We are all descendants of monkeys and we are proud of it. For my part, I continue to seek in real abstraction this small moment of truth. Between "artist" exchanges are possible. See you soon. Claude Bresson
Hi!Mr. Dan Civa,Thanks to visited my website.I just visited your website and I like to see your Africa and Sri Lanka series, especially the "Buddhist monks, Sri Lanka" and "African mother and baby in the village ".It's a unique composition. I like figurative paintings.From your art work, I can feel the difference life style from difference culture.Wishing you good luck in future too.Please keep in touch and Merry Christmas.Best Regards,Choong Ching
Vous avez un talent évident.
Hello Dan Civa,Thank's a lot for your compliment about my paintings. Sorry for replying so late, i hadn't noticed your message on my Artmajeurs guestbook. I haven't look at Artmajeurs since a few months because of too much work.I've just had a look at your gallery, i like very much your art work too, specially your "Africa and Sri-lanka" set. I like how you put the life in these pictures. "Stilts fishermen" is very very nice, and i also adore "african warrior", congratulations !Sorry for my bad English, i hope i didn't make too many mistakes in this mail.Best regards,Laurent Buffnoir
merci de vos appréciation sur ma peinture , j'en suis touché j'ai visitévotre site dans la peinture sort de l'ordinaire par les sujets et lacomposition je ne réalise pas bien autravers de l'écran de la techniqueemployée mais je vous en courage vivement à continuer dans cet voie.recevez cher Monsieur tout mes voeux de réussite et ma trés sincère sympatieGérard Di-Maccio
thank you for your appreciation of my painting, I am touched by it I visited your site in the painting is out of the ordinary by the subjects and the composition I do not realize well through the screen of the technique employed but I strongly encourage you to continue in this way. Receive, dear Sir, all my wishes for success and my very sincere sympathy Gérard Di-Maccio
Hello DanI really appreciated your comment on my work .You know how it is important to have some positive word by a another painter .You can have a global vue of my way on my personnal site if you want , on .I like your work on the primate and self-portrait, and you seems to like the colors too !Just keep in touch together and let me know what's happend to you in the really hard world of the "artist way "Best regardsFranck B.
Hello Dan,Happy New Year! I wish you a good health and inspiration for 2004. Sorry for not replying sooner but I have been away for some time. I am back in my studio now and have to work hard for the coming exhibitions.I looked at your site and I see we have a lot in common,the same age and you also owned a gallery for some time, I sold mine 2 years ago. I also noticed that your work is not only figurative but also abstract. I particularly like the paintings in gallery 4. But this weekend I am going to have a closer look because I find your work very interesting.Maybe it is a good idea to change links.Do you have a filled exhibition program? Are you selling on the internet too?Do you know and for small work, especially artmajeur is important for me.take care
Quand j'arrive à toucher le coeur de ceux et celles qui font une incursion dans mon univers je suis comblée.Merci de vos bons mots.Cordialement,Louise L. Brisson
When I manage to touch the hearts of those who make an incursion into my universe, I am overwhelmed. Thank you for your kind words. Sincerely, Louise L. Brisson
good works !!your works are to much interesting and also the vitality you put in this pictures! excuse me if i haven t answer your question but i haven t saw the message.i wish to have some informations for your pictureshows.gently, can i have you adress for send you some depliants ?
les peintures sont très originales et le coup de pinceau très juste..Bravo !
Dear Dan,We enjoyed your paintings very much!Appreciate your visit to my website. Vive l'art!Armand Campi
Dear Dan Civa.Thanks for your nice comments on my HP.I have made a link to your site on mine, because I want others to enjoy your work, as much as I do.It is not only the Sri Lanka pictures, but all of it.Good luck to you with your art in the future.With love from Jette
Your work is Interesting,I would not refer to beauty, but I enjoy somehow browsing your quest.I wish you the bestJill Mariano
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Out of a movie where the emotions prevail. Your painting has an enormous expressiveness. Your technique is excellent and you can give life to the doll. Congratulations Dan Civa.
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You represent your animals very expressively. This work was done with art and love. Your technique is excellent and shows your great creativity. Congratulations Dan Civa.
Wunderschönes Werk, tollen Farbenwahl !!!!