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Lot 70:
This original oil on board piece by Lindsborg, KS artist, Hannah Swensson, features the image of a mountain cabin and is dated 1944. The image measures 16" x 20", is in good condition, and is signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Winning bids are packaged and shipped by UPS. Shipping estimates are available upon request. Hannah Swensson was born Hannah Olson on March 25th 1866 in St. Charles Illinois, and was one of 18 children.
After her mother’s death in 1871, she entered the Augustana orphanage at Andover, Illinois and was nurtured in the arts by Emmy Carlsson Evald.
She attended Bethany College for three years in Lindsborg, Kansas, which was founded by my great- uncle, Carl Swensson. She married his brother, Luther, in 1888 and had five sons, one being my grandfather, Earl Swensson.
She taught art at Bethany College from 1891-92, and later studied under Birger Sandzen, professor emeritus at Bethany who was called "The American Van Gogh". He founded the Prairie Printmakers Society.
Hannah worked in oil primarily, but like Sandzen, also did lithographs, woodcuts, and charcoal drawings.
She had a daughter, Helga, born in 1893 and died in 1910. Hannah was the main bread winner in their household, for her husband developed crippling arthritis. She was able to sell some of her art, but gave most of it away.
From 1928-1925 she was a member of the Kansas State Board of Movie Censors.
She was quite a talented, strong, remarkable woman.
Hannah Swensson died in Mc Pherson, Kansas on July 6th, 1945.
This original oil on board piece by Lindsborg, KS artist, Hannah Swensson, features the image of a mountain cabin and is dated 1944. The image measures 16" x 20", is in good condition, and is signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Winning bids are packaged and shipped by UPS. Shipping estimates are available upon request. Hannah Swensson was born Hannah Olson on March 25th 1866 in St. Charles Illinois, and was one of 18 children.
After her mother’s death in 1871, she entered the Augustana orphanage at Andover, Illinois and was nurtured in the arts by Emmy Carlsson Evald.
She attended Bethany College for three years in Lindsborg, Kansas, which was founded by my great- uncle, Carl Swensson. She married his brother, Luther, in 1888 and had five sons, one being my grandfather, Earl Swensson.
She taught art at Bethany College from 1891-92, and later studied under Birger Sandzen, professor emeritus at Bethany who was called "The American Van Gogh". He founded the Prairie Printmakers Society.
Hannah worked in oil primarily, but like Sandzen, also did lithographs, woodcuts, and charcoal drawings.
She had a daughter, Helga, born in 1893 and died in 1910. Hannah was the main bread winner in their household, for her husband developed crippling arthritis. She was able to sell some of her art, but gave most of it away.
From 1928-1925 she was a member of the Kansas State Board of Movie Censors.
She was quite a talented, strong, remarkable woman.
Hannah Swensson died in Mc Pherson, Kansas on July 6th, 1945.
This original oil on board piece by Lindsborg, KS artist, Hannah Swensson, features the image of a mountain cabin and is dated 1944. The image measures 16" x 20", is in good condition, and is signed by the artist in the lower right corner. Winning bids are packaged and shipped by UPS. Shipping estimates are available upon request. Hannah Swensson was born Hannah Olson on March 25th 1866 in St. Charles Illinois, and was one of 18 children.
After her mother’s death in 1871, she entered the Augustana orphanage at Andover, Illinois and was nurtured in the arts by Emmy Carlsson Evald.
She attended Bethany College for three years in Lindsborg, Kansas, which was founded by my great- uncle, Carl Swensson. She married his brother, Luther, in 1888 and had five sons, one being my grandfather, Earl Swensson.
She taught art at Bethany College from 1891-92, and later studied under Birger Sandzen, professor emeritus at Bethany who was called "The American Van Gogh". He founded the Prairie Printmakers Society.
Hannah worked in oil primarily, but like Sandzen, also did lithographs, woodcuts, and charcoal drawings.
She had a daughter, Helga, born in 1893 and died in 1910. Hannah was the main bread winner in their household, for her husband developed crippling arthritis. She was able to sell some of her art, but gave most of it away.
From 1928-1925 she was a member of the Kansas State Board of Movie Censors.
She was quite a talented, strong, remarkable woman.
Hannah Swensson died in Mc Pherson, Kansas on July 6th, 1945.
Condition: good
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Phone: (785) 227-2217
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