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Lot 178

Ejnar Hansen: Farm Landscape

Estimate: $600 - $1,200

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Ejnar Hansen (Danish/American, 1884-1965): Farm Landscape, 1934. Oil on canvas mounted to masonite, signed and dated lower right, unframed.

Born into poverty in Copenhagen, Denmark, he was raised on a dairy farm. At age 14, he apprenticed to an interior decoration firm. He studied at the Royal Academy of Art and an admirer of Edvard Munch, became a part of a group called "The 13," modernists painters who rebelled against academic painting and expressed great interest in Expressionism and cubism.

17 x 18.5 inches

Private collection, Maine, USA; 2010, Private collection, Madison, Wi, USA.

Condition

Fair condition; several areas of paint loss appears to be the result of poor storage/ handling; moderate surface grime throughout.

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