year he purchased a house on the island Laeso. Vilbeke and Per separated in 2002. In 2005, he Married Mari Anne Duus Jørgensen in Grundtvig's Church. Kirkeby had four children: two daughters and two sons. In 2013, Kirkeby sustained a serious brain injury in a domestic fall accident. He announced in 2015 that he had given up all further attempts to resume painting after the accident, but continued to create small etchings. He died on 9 May 2018 at his home in Hellerup and is buried at Bispebjerg Cemetery. List of exhibitions "Per Kirkeby", Kunsthalle Krems (2018) "Per Kirkeby: Sculptures en brique", Palais des études (2017) "Kirkeby på Læsø – om Læsø i Per Kirkebys kunst", Læsø Kunsthal, Østerby, Denmark (2016) "Per Kirkeby komplet. Det raderede livsværk", Museum Jorn (2015) "Per Kirkeby – Samlingen", ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum (2012) "Per Kirkeby", Tate Modern (2009) "Per Kirkeby", Louisiana Museum of Modern Art (2008) "Per Kirkeby", Shanghai Zendai Museum of Modern Art (2007) "Per Kirkeby", Arts Club of Chicago (2007) "Per Kirkeby", National Gallery of Denmark (2006) "Per Kirkeby: Prototypes of Nature", Kunsthalle Emden (2006) "Per Kirkeby", Kunsthalle zu Kiel (2006) "Per Kirkeby / Crystal – Reflections, Connections and References", Aargaouer Kunsthaus (2006) "Homage to Chillida", Guggenheim Bilbao (2006) "Per Kirkeby: Retrospektive der Zeichnungen", Villa Massimo (2004) "Per Kirkeby: Natur und Gestalt. Retrospektive der Zeichnungen und Aquarelle", Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg v.d.H. (2003); Städtisches Kunstmuseum Singen, Germany (2004) "Per Kirkeby. Monotypes", University Art Gallery, University Massachusetts Dartmouth (2002) "DC: Per Kirkeby. 122 x 122 – Gemälde auf Masonit", Museum Ludwig (2002) "Per Kirkeby. Die Karlsruher Jahre", Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe (2000) "Per Kirkeby. Radierungen, Holzschnitte, Monotypien • 1980-2000", Niels Borch Jensen Galerie und Verlag, Berlin (2000) "Per Kirkeby", Magasin 3, Stockholm (1999) "Per Kirkeby. Schilderijen, sculpturen en modellen in brons/Peintures, Sculptures et modèles en bronze" Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels (1998) "Per Kirkeby. Peintures 1992-1996", Maison des Arts Georges Pompidou, Centre d'art contemporain, Cajarc-Lot, France (1996) "Retrospektive", Ludwig Museum (1987) "Per Kirkeby: Recent Paintings and Sculpture", Whitechapel Gallery (1985) "An International Survey of Recent Painting and Sculpture", Museum of Modern Art (1984) "Per Kirkeby", Van Abbemuseum (1982) Documenta 7 (1982) "Per Kirkeby", Kunsthalle Bern (1978) "Fliegende Blätter", Museum Folkwang (1977) References Further reading External links Per Kirkeby: Paintings and Bronzes from the 1980s – 360° views of exhibition at Michael Werner Gallery, New York 1938 births 2018 deaths Danish sculptors Danish male artists Danish