"Birger Sandzén" ~ Contents & Photographs

"The Other Swedes"
~ Honoring Them and Remembering Them ~ The Smoky Valley Writers ~

Dr. Emory K. Lindquist
1993
"Birger Sandzén"
~ Contents & Photographs

Portrait of Birger Sandzen (1947)...........................................................................................................................ii
Contents................................................................................................................................................................. vii
List of Illustrations..................................................................................................................................................xi
Foreword, William H. Gerdts..................................................................................................................................xi
Preface..................................................................................................................................................................xvii
Acknowledgments.................................................................................................................................................xix

PART I YEARS OF PREPARATION......................................................................................................................1

1 Early Years at Home and in School.....................................................................................................................3
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  Blidsberg parsonage 3
  Johan Peter Sandzen 4
  Clara Sandzen 4
  Carl, BIrger, and Gustaf Sandzen 5
  Skara Laroverk 2 dots over a 6
  Birger Sandzen while a student 7
2 Study in Stockholm and Paris..............................................................................................................................9
3 Emigration and Eary Years in America..............................................................................................................15
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Carl A. Swensson 15
Old Main, Bethany College 17
Birger Sandzen (wedding photographs) 19
Alfrida Sandzen (wedding photograph)19

PART II YEARS OF PRODUCTIVITY..................................................................................................................21

4 Teaching at Bethany College and Elsewhere...................................................................................................23
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Sketching trip 26
Art studio, Bethany College 28
Swedish Pavilion, Bethany College 29
5 Art Appreciation and Personal Opinions.........................................................................................................31
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Birger Sandzen, Carl Lotave, and G. N. Malm 31
Charter members of Prairie Print Makers 32
Delta Chapter of Delta Phi Delta (1942) 34
6 Travel at Home and Abroad................................................................................................................................39
Photograph Family reuniion in Asklanda (1905) 44
7 Family and Friends..............................................................................................................................................51
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Eric Leksell and irger Sandzen families 54
Hagbard Brase, Oscar Thorsen, Carl Lotave, and Birger Sandzen 55
Ernst F. Pihlblad 56
Birger Sandzen and Carl Milles 58

PART III THE ARTIST AND HIS WORK..............................................................................................................61

8 Background Factors and Influences in the Paintings and Water Colors.......................................................63
9 The Painter and His Craft...................................................................................................................................69
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Painting class 74
Little Triton fountain near Sandzen studio 76
Sandzen studio interior 77
Birger Sandzen, Margaret Sandzen, and Carl Milles 77
10 Exhibitions and the Response of Art Critics..................................................................................................79
11 The Graphic Work..............................................................................................................................................93
12 Sharing VIews of Art with Two Friends: Carl J. Smalley and Carl Mills.....................................................105
13 The Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery and Foundation: A Dream Fulfilled..............................................111
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Little Triton fountain in couryard of Sandzen Memorial Gallery 111
Birger Sandzen Memorial Gallery 112
Interior view of Sandzen Memorial Gallery 112
Interior view of Sandzen Memorial Gallery 112
Charles Pelham Greenough 3d 113
Oscar Thorsen in the Thorsen Room 114

Concluding Observations....................................................................................................................................115
Photographs
Margaret Sandzen Greenough, Frida Sandzen, and Charles Pelham Greenough 3d 117
Birger Sandzen in his studio (1940) 118

Appendix: Works in Selected Public Collections.............................................................................................121
Notes.....................................................................................................................................................................125
Selected Bibliography..........................................................................................................................................135
Index......................................................................................................................................................................143

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