A life shaped by form and earth Ib Geertsen began his working years far from the canvas, training as a gardener between 1934 and 1939. This early connection to the physical world and growth left its mark on his later approach to color and space. He was self-taught, moving through the art circles of Aalborg in 1937 where he looked toward the works of Paul Cézanne and Amedeo Modigliani. His early paintings leaned into Naturalism, focusin…