Ib Braase was born in Stege, Møn in 1923 and since 1968 he lived and worked in Marcoussis, Paris. He died in 2009. Important solo exhibitions include Aarhus Kunstbygning (1983), Vestsjællands Kunstmuseum (1985), Museet for Samtidskunst, Roskilde (1993) and Den Frie Udstillingsbygning (2005). In 1980 Braase received the Danish Art Foundation's Life Time Grant. Among other awards are the Eckersberg Medal (1968), Carl Nielsen and Anne Marie Carl Nielsen's Grant (1976), and Thorvaldsen's Medal (1980).