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Asger Jorn (1914-1973), was a Danish visual artist of international fame and a graphic artist, ceramist, author, etc. Asger Jorn was the brother of the artists Jørgen Nash and Vagn Ove Jorn. The largest collection of Asger Jorn's works – including his main work Stalingrad – can be seen in Museum Jorn, Silkeborg (formerly Silkeborg Art Museum – Asger Jorn's Collections). Jorn lived in Silkeborg as a young man and later had strong ties to the city. He was educated at the seminary in Silkeborg, where he began his artistic career. Jørgensen took the stage name Jorn in 1946. Jorn spent a lot of time abroad, including in Paris, France, and Albissola Marina, Italy. In the 1940s, he achieved the completely personal visual language that became characteristic of him. Jorn donated numerous of his own works and those of fellow artists to the Silkeborg Art Museum, a gift of paintings that came to form the basis of the Silkeborg Art Museum's collection. He was a member of the artist groups Helhesten, COBRA, which he co-founded in 1948, and of the Situationist Internationale. Together with the Frenchman Pierre Wemaëre, Asger Jorn created a series of tapestries, the most striking of which is the 2x14 m tapestry, The Long Journey, created for the Aarhus State Gymnasium and later hung at the Silkeborg Art Museum. At the Aarhus State Gymnasium, there is a 3x30 m relief work by Jorn, in addition to a later version of The Long Journey.

Three of Jorn's large paintings hang at Silkeborg Library. Asger Jorn's main work, Stalingrad, the place that is not or the mad laughter of courage (1956-1972), can be found at Silkeborg Art Museum. Jorn published several books on topics such as aesthetics, philosophy, politics and history. Silkeborg Art Museum changed its name to Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, in 2010.