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Christian Skov BIOGRAPHY
1856 Denmark - 1942 San Rafael, California. Known for: Landscape-structure, still life.
Painter. Born in Denmark on July 23, 1856. Skov appears to have arrived in California in the early 1880s. He became a citizen of the U.S. in San Luis Obispo in 1883. Most of his years in California... Read full biography
Painter. Born in Denmark on July 23, 1856. Skov appears to have arrived in California in the early 1880s. He became a citizen of the U.S. in San Luis Obispo in 1883. Most of his years in California were spent in San Francisco where he worked as a mailman. A prolific painter, in his leisure he... Read full biography
Painter. Born in Denmark on July 23, 1856. Skov appears to have arrived in California in the early 1880s. He became a citizen of the U.S. in San Luis Obispo in 1883. Most of his years in California were spent in San Francisco where he worked as a mailman. A prolific painter, in his leisure he painted scenes of San Francisco, floral still lifes, and landscapes of Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, and Russian River. His last years were spent at the Danish Home in San Rafael, CA where he died on Nov. 27,... Read full biography
Painter. Born in Denmark on July 23, 1856. Skov appears to have arrived in California in the early 1880s. He became a citizen of the U.S. in San Luis Obispo in 1883. Most of his years in California were spent in San Francisco where he worked as a mailman. A prolific painter, in his leisure he painted scenes of San Francisco, floral still lifes, and landscapes of Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, and Russian River. His last years were spent at the Danish Home in San Rafael, CA where he died on Nov. 27, 1942. & lnvw; San Rafael Independent, 11-28-1942 (obit). Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.
Painter. Born in Denmark on July 23, 1856. Skov appears to have arrived in California in the early 1880s. He became a citizen of the U.S. in San Luis Obispo in 1883. Most of his years in California were spent in San Francisco where he worked as a mailman. A prolific painter, in his leisure he painted scenes of San Francisco, floral still lifes, and landscapes of Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, and Russian River. His last years were spent at the Danish Home in San Rafael, CA where he died on Nov. 27, 1942. & lnvw; San Rafael Independent, 11-28-1942 (obit). Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.
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Painter. Born in Denmark on July 23, 1856.
Skov appears to have arrived in California in the early 1880s. He became a citizen of the U.S. in San Luis Obispo in 1883. Most of his years in California were spent in San Francisco where he worked as a mailman. A prolific painter, in his leisure he painted scenes of San Francisco, floral still lifes, and landscapes of Lake Tahoe, Yosemite, and Russian River.
His last years were spent at the Danish Home in San Rafael, CA where he died on Nov. 27, 1942. & lnvw; San Rafael Independent, 11-28-1942 (obit).
Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here.