original colorful work on paper by Mogens Balle in his typical style. signed at the bottom right with monogram MB and July 63 professionally framed in a metal frame. some reflection from the glass. Mogens Balle (Copenhagen, 1921 - Copenhagen, 1988) was a Danish painter and writer and affiliated with the Cobra movement. Balle first studied to become an architect, but stopped studying to focus on the visual arts. In 1947 he co-founded the artists' association Spiralen, where he met artists such as Asger Jorn and Wilhelm Freddie. After first focusing on Naturalism, from 1945 he switched to abstract painting, in which fantasy figures were shown. After his Cobra period, his work became increasingly abstract.