Jacob Herskind’s art is a gut feeling – a planet that he has inhabited ever since he took art lessons as a young boy – and met his first inspirator, Georg Ernst from Ebberup – a small village on the Danish island Funen.
As entrepreneur, originator and globetrotter in the shipping business he explored the metropolises of the world before returning back to everyday life at Fønsskov in the middle of Lillebaelt with art as his focal point. The metropolises were integrated in his new life, it was “dreams come true” … but who is Jacob Herskind?

“Humorist. Showman. Artist. Anarchist. Entertainer. Who and what is Jacob Herskind? Leave the question unanswered for a moment. But only for a moment- because he is a mix of it all… in an artistic, sovereign and witty version. He will bombard any viewer’s consciousness with thousands of inputs and outcomes. His images are tricky transformation images that disrespectful and liberating dribbles the sober, normal sense of any art connoisseur. His imagery of the world is insanely normal. Thank God for Jacob Herskind.”

Ole Lindboe, Magasinet KUNST

“Jacob Herskind’s universe of paintings can be seen as a Sunday Edition of a recognized newspaper – they includes something for everybody. The themes of Jacob’s motifs have circled around dogs, cats, birds, people wearing glasses, heros and idols, natural disasters, love, art history, world politics and other foolery, epistemology, ethics, methaphysics … I could go on and on … Jacob’s art wags, sings, balances on the tongue, entertains, throws spears, is bitchy, tricks our perception of art and makes us all smile – more or less … his art has a magical effect. It creates enthusiasm and excitement, fills you with inspiration and go-do-attitude and passes on a – to me so-far unseen – energy.”

KN, Bredgade K.

Approximately 1998 – inspired by old, Chinese works of art at the giant National Palace Museum in Taipei Jacob – started adding his significant signature to all his paintings. Jacob was fascinated – almost hypnotized – by not only the museum, it’s paintings which originated from Beijing from where they had been evacuated to spare them from the Japanese occupiers and later Mao TseTung but also by the detailed stamping of the paintings. Chinese style was to add various owners to the fantastic, Chinese painting by a wax stamp – Jacob style is to add his significant 4 “Chinese-stamp” squares when the painting is finished as a combination of a signature and balance blocks in the painting:

You will find them as an integrated part of all pictures – immediately adding authenticity and value.

Mercedes | Volkswagen | Ferrari | Credite Suisse |Copenhagen Stock Exchange | Egmont | Novo | Knapp Voith | Trekantsområdet | DanBrit Shipping | M-Real Amsterdam | Party Time Amsterdam | Proud Hamburg | Scan Trans | Ship-Log | m.m.

… but it’s still relevant. If curious please check Jacob’s history and previous paintings on this long-gone website, here