Crocker Art Museum
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
Sacramento, CA 95814
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1860 Oslo, Norway - 1935 Piedmont, California. Known for: Landscape, missions and marine painting.
Born in Oslo, Norway on Oct. 7, 1860 Christian Jorgensen moved to San Francisco with his mother in 1870. He showed artistic promise at an early age, and when the School of Design opened in 1874, he... Read full biography
Born in Oslo, Norway on Oct. 7, 1860 Christian Jorgensen moved to San Francisco with his mother in 1870. He showed artistic promise at an early age, and when the School of Design opened in 1874, he was among the first to enroll. At 14 he was greatly influenced at that school by Virgil Williams, who... Read full biography
Born in Oslo, Norway on Oct. 7, 1860 Christian Jorgensen moved to San Francisco with his mother in 1870. He showed artistic promise at an early age, and when the School of Design opened in 1874, he was among the first to enroll. At 14 he was greatly influenced at that school by Virgil Williams, who was both teacher and father figure. Jorgensen later became an instructor at the School of Design and served as assistant director from 1881-83. He then established a studio at 131 Post Street where... Read full biography
Born in Oslo, Norway on Oct. 7, 1860 Christian Jorgensen moved to San Francisco with his mother in 1870. He showed artistic promise at an early age, and when the School of Design opened in 1874, he was among the first to enroll. At 14 he was greatly influenced at that school by Virgil Williams, who was both teacher and father figure. Jorgensen later became an instructor at the School of Design and served as assistant director from 1881-83. He then established a studio at 131 Post Street where he continued teaching, and by the mid-1880s was a successful landscape painter. For five years he and his wife, Angela, traveled by horse and buggy to the sites of the 21 California missions and during this period he produced 80 watercolor studies of... Read full biography
Born in Oslo, Norway on Oct. 7, 1860 Christian Jorgensen moved to San Francisco with his mother in 1870. He showed artistic promise at an early age, and when the School of Design opened in 1874, he was among the first to enroll. At 14 he was greatly influenced at that school by Virgil Williams, who was both teacher and father figure. Jorgensen later became an instructor at the School of Design and served as assistant director from 1881-83. He then established a studio at 131 Post Street where he continued teaching, and by the mid-1880s was a successful landscape painter. For five years he and his wife, Angela, traveled by horse and buggy to the sites of the 21 California missions and during this period he produced 80 watercolor studies of the missions and a complete set of oils. In 1899, he pitched a tent in Yosemite, and after several mont. Source: Edan Hughes, "Artists in California,... Read full biography
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Museums & Collections (8)
All MuseumsEiteljorg Museum of American Indians-Western Art
500 West Washington
Indianapolis, IN 46204Los Angeles County Museum of Art
5905 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607Saint Mary's College Museum of Art (Hearst Coll.)
1928 St. Mary's Road
P.O. Box 5110-Smc
Moraga, CA 94575-5110Sonoma Valley Historical Society
Sonoma Valley History Museum
270 First St.
Sonoma, CA 95476-0861The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108Yosemite Museum
P.O. Box 577
Yosemite National Park, CA 95318