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1905 Copenhagen, Denmark - 1982 Roswell, New Mexico. Known for: Illustration-magazine.
K. Gunnor Petersen (1905-1982). Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1905, he came to the US with his parents at the age of nine. The family settled in Illinois where, as a boy, he worked on farms,... Read full biography
K. Gunnor Petersen (1905-1982). Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1905, he came to the US with his parents at the age of nine. The family settled in Illinois where, as a boy, he worked on farms, handling animals. Horses became a favorite study and later, one of his most interesting subjects. He chose... Read full biography
K. Gunnor Petersen (1905-1982). Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1905, he came to the US with his parents at the age of nine. The family settled in Illinois where, as a boy, he worked on farms, handling animals. Horses became a favorite study and later, one of his most interesting subjects. He chose art at an early age and completed courses in art and portrait painting at the Chicago Art Institute under Oberteuffer. He also studied privately under J. Wellington Reynolds. After studying... Read full biography
K. Gunnor Petersen (1905-1982). Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1905, he came to the US with his parents at the age of nine. The family settled in Illinois where, as a boy, he worked on farms, handling animals. Horses became a favorite study and later, one of his most interesting subjects. He chose art at an early age and completed courses in art and portrait painting at the Chicago Art Institute under Oberteuffer. He also studied privately under J. Wellington Reynolds. After studying advertising illustration at the Chicago Academy of Arts and taking course work in anatomy at the New York Students League under Bridgman, he began a career as art director and illustrator in Chicago. In 1928, he came to Roswell, New Mexico for his health, a... Read full biography
K. Gunnor Petersen (1905-1982). Born in Copenhagen, Denmark in 1905, he came to the US with his parents at the age of nine. The family settled in Illinois where, as a boy, he worked on farms, handling animals. Horses became a favorite study and later, one of his most interesting subjects. He chose art at an early age and completed courses in art and portrait painting at the Chicago Art Institute under Oberteuffer. He also studied privately under J. Wellington Reynolds. After studying advertising illustration at the Chicago Academy of Arts and taking course work in anatomy at the New York Students League under Bridgman, he began a career as art director and illustrator in Chicago. In 1928, he came to Roswell, New Mexico for his health, a consequence of conctracting tuberculosis. While in Roswell, he met and married Stella Lewis, a We... Read full biography
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Keywords (17)
Art Method
- •Comic Book, Comic Strip Artist, Comic Figures
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
Art Teacher
- •George Bridgman
- •George Oberteuffer
Art School
- •Chicago Academy/School of Fine Arts, Student
- •School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •COLLIER'S Magazine Illustrator and/or Photographer
- •LIFE Magazine Illustrator, Photographer