Ejnar Hansen - Self-Portrait 1902 P3273
Painted in his native Denmark by the distinguished California artist, Ejnar Hansen. A portrait of the artist as a young man, full of ambition with an unshakeable belief in his own talent and destiny.
Measures 12" x 16", the frame is 18 1/2" x 22 1/2".
Born in Copenhagen, Denmark on Jan. 9, 1884, Born into poverty in Copenhagen, Denmark, Ejnar Hansen 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. He arrived in the U.S. in 1914 and lived in Michigan and Wheaton, IL before settling in Pasadena in 1924. He taught at Chouinard and Otis Art Institutes, Pomona College, John Muir College, and the Pasadena School of Fine Arts. Hansen died in Pasadena on Sept. 26, 1965.
His oeuvre includes still lifes, landscapes, portraits, and figure compositions in oil and watercolor. His works won many awards in southern California exhibitions from 1927.
