EJNAR HANSEN ANTIQUE MODERN ABSTRACT LANDSCAPE OIL PAINTING OLD CALIFORNIA 1930s

CAPTIVATING AND WONDERFUL EARLY ANTIQUE CALIFORNIA PLEIN AIR LANDSCAPE IMPRESSIONIST OIL PAINTING ON CANVAS BY REVERED CALIFORNIA PAINTER AND ART PROFESSOR EJNAR HANSEN.(Danish-American 1884-1965) THIS WORK DEPICTS A VISUALLY STRIKING CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE COMPRISED OF AN ABSTRACTED REFLECTIVE RIVER SURROUNDED BY SCULPTED TREES AND FOLIAGE. BRILLIANTLY RENDERED IN THE MODERNIST STYLE. SIMPLY AMAZING. IT IS SIGNED BY EJNAR HANSEN ON THE FRONT AND VERSO. IT DATES AROUND THE 1930s, DURING THE TIME HANSEN’S BODY OF WORK WAS EXHIBITING AT THE LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART, WHERE HE OFTEN WON 1st PRIZE. EJNAR HANSEN IS PROLIFIC. HIS PAINTINGS WERE HOUSED IN IMPORTANT MUSEUMS THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA AND ABROAD. VERY GOOD OVERALL CONDITION. MILD WEAR TO THE FRAME, AS SHOWN. DIMENSIONS: 27” H x 32” W Ejnar (Einar) Hansen (1884 - 1965) was active/lived in California / Denmark. Ejnar Hansen is known for Portrait, landscape, still life painting. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark on Jan. 9, 1884, Hansen attended the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen. At age 14, he apprenticed to an interior decoration firm. While studying at the Royal Academy of Art and an admirer of Edvard Munch, he became a part of a group called "The 13," modernist 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. Member: LA AA; Pasadena Society of Artists. Exh: AIC, 1918, 1945, 1946; LACMA, 1927 (1st prize), 1941, 1954; Painters & Sculptors of LA, 1928; Calif. State Fair, 1930; Stickney Hall (Pasadena), 1932; Foundation of Western Art (LA), 1934, 1941; Academy of Western Painters (LA), 1936-37; Modern Art Gallery (Hollywood), 1936; Calif. WC Society, 1937-55; GGIE, 1939; NY World's Fair, 1939; Pottinger Gallery (Pasadena), 1940; Padua Hills Theater, 1942; CGA, 1943; Cincinnati Museum, 1945; Santa Paula High School, 1946; NAD, 1946; City Hall (LA), 1951; MM, 1952; San Gabriel Valley, 1953; Pasadena Art Inst., 1955, 1956 (solo); Laguna Beach, 1959 (solo); LA AA, 1962 (solo). In: Lovelock (NV) Post Office (mural); Newport (CA) High School; San Diego Museum; Orange Co. (CA) Museum. Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940" Who's Who in American Art 1936-62; Southern California Artists (Nancy Moure); Who's Who in California 1942.