Biografie von William KIRKGAARD (1859-1960)

Birth place: Stavanger, Norway

Death place: Pasadena, CA

Addresses: Los Angeles, CA

Profession: Portrait and miniature painter

Studied: Technical A. Sch., Stockholm; AIC; in NYC

Exhibited: Century of Progress, Chicago, 1933; Calif. Soc. of Min. Painters, 1935

Member: Scandinavian- Am. A. Soc. of Calif.

Work: Butler Inst., Youngstown, OH

Comments: A descendant of Danish philosopher Sören Kirkgaard. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1886 and permanently settled in California after studies in NYC and Chicago, IL. Father of M. Kirkgaard (see entry).

Sources: Hughes, Artists in California, 309.