Leif Madsen paints realistic pictures, presenting the magnificent beauty of nature in bright colours. With an impressive feeling for detail, and for the evocation of light in the picture, he conjures up small scenes from nature: a beech wood with a carpet of anemones, a cornfield or luxuriant flowers, trees and bushes of many kinds. These pictures are true to nature, and radiate calm and presence; but at the same time, thanks to their insistent naturalism, a mood of absence is struck, perhaps as a reminder of the precarious fate of nature in the modern world.

Leif Madsen working in his garden:

Madsen, Leif: b. 5/6 1943 in Frederiksberg, Denmark.

Solo exhibitions: Gallerie Passepartout 1964, 1965, 1967, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1975; Esbjerg Kunstpavillon 1979; New Carlsberg Glyptotek: Expanded Nature 1982; Sorø Art Museum 1982; Gallerie Asbæk 1977, 1978, 1983, 1987

Group Exhibitions: Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling 1962, 1964; Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition 1963, 1964; Lunds Konsthall 1966; Europe des Artistes, Galleries Isy Brachot 1979; Corner Charlottenborg 2002-2004

Decorations: Fountain, LO, Helsingør 1969; Kildeskovshallen i Gentofte 1972; decoration of new trains for DSB 1984; town-council-hall Sorø 1985; DTU 1997; Department of forrest and nature 2001

Stamps w. flowers, Royal Danish Post 1990.

Among other things, sold to: Statens kunstfond; Ny Carlsbergfondet; Davids Legat; Esbjerg Kunstpavillion; Vestsjællands Museum of Art; Nordjyllands Museum of Art; Esbjerg Museum of Art; Skive Museum of Art