Christian August Jorgensen

สถานที่: Oslo

เกิด: 1860

ความตาย: 1935

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Christian August Jorgensen

, a Norwegian-born American landscape painter, was born in Oslo, Norway in 1860 and died in Piedmont, California in 1935. He is best known for his paintings of Yosemite Valley and the California Missions.

Early Life and Influences

Jorgensen met his future mentor Virgil Williams shortly before the San Francisco School of Design opened in February 1874. Williams, the director of this academy, spotted the young fourteen-year-old Jorgensen sketching near his residence in the city and invited him to be the first free student. Williams' influence over Jorgensen's budding artistic style was great, emphasizing the importance of regular exhibition and classical compositions. Another influential mentor of Jorgensen's was Thomas Hill, a highly successful California artist during the late 19th century. From Hill, Jorgensen developed a more impressionistic technique and learned to intensify the colors in his works by coating them in a heavy glaze.

Yosemite Period

Influenced by the travels of Thomas Hill, Virgil Williams, and Albert Bierstadt, Jorgensen decided to visit the famed Yosemite Valley in 1898. Two years later, the artist submitted an application to the Yosemite Commission for permission to construct a studio in the valley itself on July 12, 1900. Jorgensen constructed his home for a total of $5,000 and lived there during the summers and some winters from 1900 to 1917. At the time of the artist's occupation, the house's living room was described by the San Francisco Chronicle (February 17, 1901) as one of the “most unique and artistic studios on the coast” containing all manner of objects from skins and baskets to beer steins and water buffalo horns.

• San Francisco Waterfront is a notable painting by Jorgensen, which captures the San Francisco waterfront from the northeast.
• The Nordnorsk Kunstmuseum in Tromsø, Norway, features some of Jorgensen's works, including Landscape from Northern Norway.
• Jorgensen's artistic style was greatly influenced by French and Italian methods of painting, which he learned from his mentor Virgil Williams.

Later Life

In 1905, the Jorgensens settled in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, and built a mansion, which they used as a winter studio. His Yosemite studio became the first museum in Yosemite Valley in 1922, although it was later dismantled. Jorgensen died on June 24, 1935, from a heart attack. His wife lived only several months after him. The Wikioo.org website features some of Jorgensen's notable works, including San Francisco Waterfront, and provides information about his life and artistic style. Important links to explore: https://Wikioo.org/@/Christian-August-Jorgensen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Jorgensen Note: The article is based on the provided instructions and includes relevant links from https://Wikioo.org and Wikipedia.