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Svend Svendsen Winter Landscape Oil Painting #1039539

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Svend Svendsen Winter Landscape Oil Painting #1039539
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Signed Svend Svendsen lower right, large impressive impressionist "Winter Landscape" depicting a snow covered wooded landscape with mountains in the background and a tracked path in the snowy foreground leading to a cozy cabin. The painting measures 24.25 x 18.25 inches and the gilt wood frame measures 29.5 x 23.5 inches. Condition: There is 2 old professional repairs to the canvas, the canvas needs a mild cleaning, some wear to the frame overall fair to good condition.

<P>Background: Svend Rasmussen Svendsen (1864-1945) "Winter Landscape" Svend Rasmussen Svendsen was born March 21, 1864, in Nittedal, Norway, son of Rasmus and Marie Svendsen. Shortly after his birth, his parents moved to Oslo. He received his early schooling in Norway, although left school at the age of twelve to work. In 1881, he emigrated to America, settling in Chicago, IL. He married May Isabel Newton in 1890, with whom he had five children. Svendsen was erroneously reported to have died in 1930 and short obituaries for him appeared in various publications. He was known to have had a decline in his career due to alcoholism and other difficulties, as one of these obituaries pointed out. He actually died in Chicago, September 6, 1945.
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Svensen is considered by some accounts to be a self-taught painter who was known to have enjoyed visiting the National Gallery as well as Blomquist?s gallery, both in Oslo, before he emigrated. He also studied with Fritz Thaulow, a well-known city and landscape painter, ...
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<tr><td>Condition:See Desc.</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:early 20th Century</td></tr>






<tr><td>Title:Svend Svendsen Winter Landscape Oil Painting</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:Oil on Cavas</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Long Island, NY</td></tr>
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