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Ejnar Hansen
'California Landscape', Royal Danish Academy, Art Institute of Chicago, LACMA

1936

$2,250
£1,698.96
€1,971.14
CA$3,161.96
A$3,522.87
CHF 1,839.10
MX$42,772.29
NOK 23,116.32
SEK 21,850.54
DKK 14,714.33

About the Item

Signed lower left, "E Hansen" for Ejnar Hansen (American, 1884-1965) and dated 1936. Ejnar Hansen studied at Copenhagen's Royal Academy of Art before moving to the United States in 1914 and settling in Pasadena in 1924. An ardent proponent of modernist color theory, Hansen became an influential teacher at the Chouinard School, the Otis Art Institute, the John Muir College, and the Pasadena School of Fine Arts. He exhibited widely and with success, including in Denmark and at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, the 1939 World's Fair and at the Cincinnati Museum. Ejnar was a member of the Academy of Western Painters, the Los Angeles Art Association, the California Art Club, the California Watercolor Society, Pasadena Society of Artists and the Foundation for Western Art. Ejnar Hansen's works may be found in numerous public and private collections including LACMA, the Pasadena Art Institute and the San Diego Fine Art Society. Reference: Artists in California 1786-1940, Third Edition, Edan Milton Hughes: Crocker Art Museum, Sheridan Books 2002, Vol. 1, p. 484; Who Was Who in American Art 1564-1975: 400 Years of Artists in America, Peter Hastings Falk, Sound View Press 1999, Vol. 2, p. 1449; Weilbach, Dansk Kunstnerleksikon, the Castle and Cultural Agency, Copenhagen; Vollmer Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler des 20. Jarhhunderts, Hans Vollmer, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag 1992, Vol. 2, p. 371; Revyen, Chicago 23.12.1916; 17.2.1917; 8.12.1917; 2.2.1918; 16.3.1918; Vore Herrer, okt. 1918; Internat. Studio, juli 1920; Ekstrabl. 14.2.1921 (G. Nygaard); Tidens Kvinder, maj 1934; Fr. Graae: Fra Sydhavsøerne, 1934, 133-45; Art Digest, aug. 1937, dec. 1944, maj 1945; Da. Tid., Chicago 3.9.1937; Arts and Arch., apr. 1938; P. Uttenreitter: Olaf Rude, 1946, 34f.; Horsens Soc. dem. 14.4.1951; Berl. Tid. 15.4.1954; Berl. Tid. Aften 5.3.1959; Independent Star-News, Pasadena 3.10.1965 (nekr., Frode Dann); Karal Ann Marling: Wall-to-Wall America, Minneapolis 1982; et al. Partial List of Exhibitions: Art Institute of Chicago, 1918 (Honorable mention), 1945, 1946; Los Angeles County Museum, 1927 (1st prize), 1954; Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1928; California State Fair, 1930; Brooklyn Museum, 1932; Foundation of Western Art at LA, 1934; Academy of Western Painters at LA, 1937; New York World's Fair, 1939; Cincinnati Museum, 1945; California Watercolor Society, 1952-55; Pasadena Art Institute, 1955, 1956 (solo); Laguna Beach Museum of Art, 1959 (solo); Los Angeles Art Association, 1962 (solo); et al.
  • Creator:
    Ejnar Hansen (1884-1965, American)
  • Creation Year:
    1936
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 14.25 in (36.2 cm)Width: 21 in (53.34 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    minor age-toning; unframed; shows well.
  • Gallery Location:
    Santa Cruz, CA
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU34416849902

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