"Gyde-Petersen, A Skagen Artist in America," by John Robert Christianson . Mankato, Minnesota, was thrilled. A famous artist had come to town with his palette, easel, and painter's smock, and people... Read full biography
"Gyde-Petersen, A Skagen Artist in America," by John Robert Christianson . Mankato, Minnesota, was thrilled. A famous artist had come to town with his palette, easel, and painter's smock, and people noticed. The Mankato Free Press ran a story under a bold headline: The reporter gushed away for two... Read full biography
"Gyde-Petersen, A Skagen Artist in America," by John Robert Christianson . Mankato, Minnesota, was thrilled. A famous artist had come to town with his palette, easel, and painter's smock, and people noticed. The Mankato Free Press ran a story under a bold headline: The reporter gushed away for two columns on the delight of having in their midst a European artist who had been knighted by a king. The year was 1924. My mother was a teen-aged college student at the time, and she came from Mankato.... Read full biography
"Gyde-Petersen, A Skagen Artist in America," by John Robert Christianson . Mankato, Minnesota, was thrilled. A famous artist had come to town with his palette, easel, and painter's smock, and people noticed. The Mankato Free Press ran a story under a bold headline: The reporter gushed away for two columns on the delight of having in their midst a European artist who had been knighted by a king. The year was 1924. My mother was a teen-aged college student at the time, and she came from Mankato. She told me that her "Uncle Gyde's" English skills were rudimentary. When curious residents peered over his shoulder, looked at the painting on the easel, and complemented the artist, he replied, in a friendly tone, "I can't... Read full biography
"Gyde-Petersen, A Skagen Artist in America," by John Robert Christianson . Mankato, Minnesota, was thrilled. A famous artist had come to town with his palette, easel, and painter's smock, and people noticed. The Mankato Free Press ran a story under a bold headline: The reporter gushed away for two columns on the delight of having in their midst a European artist who had been knighted by a king. The year was 1924. My mother was a teen-aged college student at the time, and she came from Mankato. She told me that her "Uncle Gyde's" English skills were rudimentary. When curious residents peered over his shoulder, looked at the painting on the easel, and complemented the artist, he replied, in a friendly tone, "I can't... Read full biography
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