Pedersen Apse in Ribe Cathedral

Pedersen Apse in Ribe Cathedral

Nothing in the church is more controversial than the decoration of the apse. During the 1980s COBRA artist Carl Henning Pedersen (1913-2007) redecorated the apse with frescoes, stained glass and mosaics in a very bright modernist expressionist style. This Himmellængsel (Longing for Heaven) work combines mostly themes from the Old Testament with some fantasy elements.

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