Biografie von Ejnar HANSEN (1884-1965)

Birth place: Copenhagen, Denmark

Death place: Pasadena, CA

Addresses: Chicago (1924); later in Pasadena, CA

Profession: Painter, lithographer, sculptor, teacher

Studied: Royal Acad. FA, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Exhibited: AIC, 1918, 1935, 1945-46; Sacramento (prize); Soc. Indep. Artists, 1932; Pomona, 1936 (prize); Pasadena, 1937 (prize), 1939 (prize); Oakland, 1937 (prize); WFNY 1939; GGE, 1939; Corcoran Gal., 1943; CM, 1945; NAD, 1946; Pasadena AI, 1955 (solo), 1956; MMA, 1952; Calif. WCS, 1952, 1955; San Gabriel Valley, 1953; Laguna Beach, 1955. Other awards: prizes, LACMA, 1927, 1945, 1946, 1954; Fnd. Western Artists, 1934; San Diego FA Soc., 1941; Los Angeles Art Club, 1941; Pasadena AI, 1943, 1953, 1955; Calif. WCS, 1944, 1952, 1955; Pasadena Soc. Art, 1947, 1951, 1955; State Art Coll., 1948, 1949; Nat. Orange Show, 1951; Laguna Beach AA, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955, 1957; Newport Beach Union H.S., 1952; Palos Verdes Annual, 1952; Friday Morning Club, Los Angeles, 1954, 1955; Baldwin Park Chamber of Commerce, 1955; Calif. State Fair, 1956; Scandinavian-Am. Art Soc., 1958.

Member: Chicago SA; Calif. WCS; Calif. Art Club; Pasadena Soc. Art.

Work: LACMA; San Diego FA Soc.; Pasadena AI; Pomona, Calif. Munic. Collection; Calif. State Fair Collection; Nat. Orange Show; Springville (UT) Coll.; Santa Paula, CA, Munic. Coll.; NYPL; WPA mural in USPO, Lovelock, NV

Comments: Teaching: Los Angeles County AI; Pasadena City College & Pasadena Sch. FA.

Sources: WW59; WW24.