"The Other Swedes"
~ Celebrating Them ~
~ The Smoky Valley Writers ~
Dr. Emory K. Lindquist
1993
1993 "Birger Sandzén, An Illustrated Biography"
~ The Words of Dr. Lindquist
~ Contents, Photographs, Figures & Color Paintings
~ Celebrating Them ~
~ The Smoky Valley Writers ~
Dr. Emory K. Lindquist
1993
1993 "Birger Sandzén, An Illustrated Biography"
~ The Words of Dr. Lindquist
~ Contents, Photographs, Figures & Color Paintings
Portrait of Birger Sandzén (1947)...........................................................................................................................ii
Contents................................................................................................................................................................. vii
List of Illustrations*.................................................................................................................................................xi
Foreword, William H. Gerdts..................................................................................................................................xi
Preface..................................................................................................................................................................xvii
Acknowledgments.................................................................................................................................................xix
Contents................................................................................................................................................................. vii
List of Illustrations*.................................................................................................................................................xi
Foreword, William H. Gerdts..................................................................................................................................xi
Preface..................................................................................................................................................................xvii
Acknowledgments.................................................................................................................................................xix
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* "Photographs" and "Figures" will be listed where they appear in the book with the page number.
Bold titles are for the "Photographs."
Nonbold titles are for the "Figures."
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* "Photographs" and "Figures" will be listed where they appear in the book with the page number.
Bold titles are for the "Photographs."
Nonbold titles are for the "Figures."
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"Birger Sandzén, An Illustrated Biography"
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
PART I YEARS OF PREPARATION......................................................................................................................1
1 Early Years at Home and in School.....................................................................................................................3
Blidsberg parsonage 3
Johan Peter Sandzén 4
Clara Sandzén 4
Carl, Birger, and Gustaf Sandzén 5
Figure 1: Läckö Castle, 1930 lithograph, 5
Skara Läroverk 6
Birger Sandzen while a student 7
2 Study in Stockholm and Paris..............................................................................................................................9
Figure 2: Self-Portrait (1916) drypoint etching by Anders Zorn, 9
Figure 3: Early sketch (1892), 12
3 Emigration and Eary Years in America..............................................................................................................15
Carl A. Swensson 15
Old Main, Bethany College 17
Birger Sandzén (wedding photographs) 19
Alfrida Sandzén (wedding photograph)19
1 Early Years at Home and in School.....................................................................................................................3
Blidsberg parsonage 3
Johan Peter Sandzén 4
Clara Sandzén 4
Carl, Birger, and Gustaf Sandzén 5
Figure 1: Läckö Castle, 1930 lithograph, 5
Skara Läroverk 6
Birger Sandzen while a student 7
2 Study in Stockholm and Paris..............................................................................................................................9
Figure 2: Self-Portrait (1916) drypoint etching by Anders Zorn, 9
Figure 3: Early sketch (1892), 12
3 Emigration and Eary Years in America..............................................................................................................15
Carl A. Swensson 15
Old Main, Bethany College 17
Birger Sandzén (wedding photographs) 19
Alfrida Sandzén (wedding photograph)19
PART II YEARS OF PRODUCTIVITY..................................................................................................................21
4 Teaching at Bethany College and Elsewhere...................................................................................................23 Sketching trip 26
Art studio, Bethany College 28
Swedish Pavilion, Bethany College 29
5 Art Appreciation and Personal Opinions.........................................................................................................31
Birger Sandzén, Carl Lotave, and G. N. Malm 31
Charter members of Prairie Print Makers 32
Figure 4: A Kansas Creek, 1931, lithograph, First" gift print" of the Prairie Print Makers, 33
Delta Chapter of Delta Phi Delta (1942) 34
6 Travel at Home and Abroad................................................................................................................................39
Family reunion in Asklanda (1905) 44
Figure 5: A Mountain Studio (1934), lithograph, 40
Figure 6: In the Grand Canyon (1916), lithograph, 41
Figure 7: Moonlight (c.1900) oil painting, owned by Mrs. Carl Victor Swensson, Mölnlycke, Sweden, 48
7 Family and Friends..............................................................................................................................................51
Figure 8: Rags (1942) lithograph, 52
Eric Leksell and Birger Sandzén families 54
Hagbard Brase, Oscar Thorsen, Carl Lotave, and Birger Sandzen 55
Ernst F. Pihlblad 56
Birger Sandzén and Carl Milles 58
Color Section of 49 listed paintings between pages 60 and 61
Plate 1 Portrait of Rosa Bragoli (1891)
Plate 2 Froken Rosenqvist, also known as Portrait of a Girl (1891)
Plate 3 Sketch from Sweden (1893)
Plate 4 St. Cloud, France (1894)
Plate 5 Mexican Motif (1899)
Plate 6 Sunset (1910)
Plate 7 Mountain Sunset (c.1911)
Plate 8 Rocks on Salemsborg Hill (1912)
Plate 9 Wheat Stacks, McPherson County (c.1914)
Plate 10 In the Painted Desert (c. 1915)
Plate 11 Grand Canyon (c. 1915)
Plate 12 Above the Timberline (1917)
Plate 13 Smoky River (1919)
Plate 14 Chinese Woolflowers and Salvia (1919)
Plate 15 Sunshine and Shadow (1919)
Plate 16 Timberline Trees (c. 1919)
Plate 17 Red Rock Region, Manitou, Colorado (1920)
Plate 18 In the Black Canyon (1920)
Plate 19 Cedars in the Foothills (1920)
Plate 20 Landscape with Four Trees (1920)
Plate 21 Creek at Moonrise, also known as Wild Horse Creek (1921)
Plate 22 Sunset, Smoky River, Kansas (1921)
Plate 23 Creek at Moonrise (1921)
Plate 24 The Old Homestead (1921)
Plate 25 Rocks and Snow (1922)
Plate 26 Peonies (1922)
Plate 27 Cathedral Spires (1923)
Plate 28 Breakers, Kullen, Sweden (1924)
Plate 29 Twilight (1924)
Plate 30 Portrait of Margaret (1924)
Plate 31 Castle in the Snow, Colorado (1925)
Plate 32 Lilac (1926)
Plate 33 (A) Pond with Cottonwood Trees (1927),
(B) Pond with Cottonwood Trees (1922),
(C) Sketch for Pond with Cottonwood Trees (1922)
Plate 34 Old Missouri Farm, Columbia, Missouri (1928)
Plate 35 Hour of Splendor, Bryce Canyon, Utah (1928)
Plate 36 The Red Mill, Logan, Utah (1929)
Plate 37 Grand Teton Mountains in Wyoming (1931)
Plate 38 In Stavanger Fjord (1932)
Plate 39 The War God (1933)
Plate 40 Portrait of a Pioneer; August Lundgren (1933)
Plate 41 Portrait of Richard Steiner (1933)
Plate 42 Street in Navadaville (1934)
Plate 43 Mexican Mountain Town (1935)
Plate 44 Kansas Farmer, Pete Ellerson (1938)
Plate 45 Long's Peak, Colorado (1938)
Plate 46 Autumn, Smoky Hill River (1942)
Plate 47 Stevenson's Lake (1943)
Plate 48 Rockport Motif, Rockport, Massachusetts (1948)
Plate 49 Kansas Landscape, McPherson County (1949)
Plate 1 Portrait of Rosa Bragoli (1891)
Plate 2 Froken Rosenqvist, also known as Portrait of a Girl (1891)
Plate 3 Sketch from Sweden (1893)
Plate 4 St. Cloud, France (1894)
Plate 5 Mexican Motif (1899)
Plate 6 Sunset (1910)
Plate 7 Mountain Sunset (c.1911)
Plate 8 Rocks on Salemsborg Hill (1912)
Plate 9 Wheat Stacks, McPherson County (c.1914)
Plate 10 In the Painted Desert (c. 1915)
Plate 11 Grand Canyon (c. 1915)
Plate 12 Above the Timberline (1917)
Plate 13 Smoky River (1919)
Plate 14 Chinese Woolflowers and Salvia (1919)
Plate 15 Sunshine and Shadow (1919)
Plate 16 Timberline Trees (c. 1919)
Plate 17 Red Rock Region, Manitou, Colorado (1920)
Plate 18 In the Black Canyon (1920)
Plate 19 Cedars in the Foothills (1920)
Plate 20 Landscape with Four Trees (1920)
Plate 21 Creek at Moonrise, also known as Wild Horse Creek (1921)
Plate 22 Sunset, Smoky River, Kansas (1921)
Plate 23 Creek at Moonrise (1921)
Plate 24 The Old Homestead (1921)
Plate 25 Rocks and Snow (1922)
Plate 26 Peonies (1922)
Plate 27 Cathedral Spires (1923)
Plate 28 Breakers, Kullen, Sweden (1924)
Plate 29 Twilight (1924)
Plate 30 Portrait of Margaret (1924)
Plate 31 Castle in the Snow, Colorado (1925)
Plate 32 Lilac (1926)
Plate 33 (A) Pond with Cottonwood Trees (1927),
(B) Pond with Cottonwood Trees (1922),
(C) Sketch for Pond with Cottonwood Trees (1922)
Plate 34 Old Missouri Farm, Columbia, Missouri (1928)
Plate 35 Hour of Splendor, Bryce Canyon, Utah (1928)
Plate 36 The Red Mill, Logan, Utah (1929)
Plate 37 Grand Teton Mountains in Wyoming (1931)
Plate 38 In Stavanger Fjord (1932)
Plate 39 The War God (1933)
Plate 40 Portrait of a Pioneer; August Lundgren (1933)
Plate 41 Portrait of Richard Steiner (1933)
Plate 42 Street in Navadaville (1934)
Plate 43 Mexican Mountain Town (1935)
Plate 44 Kansas Farmer, Pete Ellerson (1938)
Plate 45 Long's Peak, Colorado (1938)
Plate 46 Autumn, Smoky Hill River (1942)
Plate 47 Stevenson's Lake (1943)
Plate 48 Rockport Motif, Rockport, Massachusetts (1948)
Plate 49 Kansas Landscape, McPherson County (1949)
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
Figure 9: Rock on Salemsborg Hill (c.1920) charcoal drawing, 72
Figure 10: Portrait of Frida (1987) pen and ink sketch, 73
Painting class 74
Figure 11: Chinese Woolflowers (1916) woodcut, 75
Little Triton fountain near Sandzén studio 76
Sandzén studio interior 77
Birger Sandzén, Margaret Sandzén, and Carl Milles 77
10 Exhibitions and the Response of Art Critics..................................................................................................79
Figure 12: Horses in a Hilly Pasture (1919) lithograph, 82
11 The Graphic Work..............................................................................................................................................93
Figure 13: Dry Creek (1916) lithograph, 94
Figure 14: Solitude (1916) lithograph, 94
Figure 15: Road in the Wilderness (1918) lithograph, 95
Figure 16: Pines and Foothills (1922) lithograph, 96
Figure 17: Glimpses of the Grand Canyon (1918) lithograph, 97
Figure 18: Giant Cedars (1922) lithograph, 98
Figure 19: Temple of Quetzalcoatl (1935) lithograph, 98
Figure 20: Pines (1916) lithograph, 99
Figure 21: Republican River (1945) linoleum block, 100
Figure 22: Lake in the Rockies woodcut (nailcut) (1921), 100
Figure 23: Late Moonrise also known as Evening (1917) woodcut, 102
Figure 24: The Great Spires (1922) woodcut (nailcut), 102
Figure 25: The Great Spires (1922) woodcut (nailcut), 103
Figure 26: Red Rocks and Cedars, also known as
Cedars and Red Rocks and as
Rocks and Cedars (1922) drypoint, 104
12 Sharing Views of Art with Two Friends: Carl J. Smalley and Carl Mills.....................................................105
13 The Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery and Foundation: A Dream Fulfilled..............................................111
Little Triton fountain in couryard of Sandzen Memorial Gallery 111
Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery 112
Interior view of Sandzén Memorial Gallery 112
Interior view of Sandzén Memorial Gallery 112
Charles Pelham Greenough 3d 113
Oscar Thorsen in the Thorsen Room 114
Concluding Observations....................................................................................................................................115
Margaret Sandzén Greenough, Frida Sandzén, and Charles Pelham Greenough, 3rd 117
Birger Sandzén in his studio (1940) 118
Appendix: Works in Selected Public Collections.............................................................................................121
Notes.....................................................................................................................................................................125
Selected Bibliography..........................................................................................................................................135
Index......................................................................................................................................................................143
Margaret Sandzén Greenough, Frida Sandzén, and Charles Pelham Greenough, 3rd 117
Birger Sandzén in his studio (1940) 118
Appendix: Works in Selected Public Collections.............................................................................................121
Notes.....................................................................................................................................................................125
Selected Bibliography..........................................................................................................................................135
Index......................................................................................................................................................................143
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