Kansas / Sweden. 1892 - 1967
Wood carved figures and animals, stone sculpture, arts and crafts
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1866 St. Charles, Illinois - 1945 McPherson, Kansas. Known for: Painter, lithographer, woodcut.
The following is from Karen Swensson Luisana, great grand daughter of the artist, October 2003. Hannah Swensson was born Hannah Olson on March 25th 1866 in St. Charles Illinois, and was one of 18... Read full biography
The following is from Karen Swensson Luisana, great grand daughter of the artist, October 2003. Hannah Swensson was born Hannah Olson on March 25th 1866 in St. Charles Illinois, and was one of 18 children. After her mother's death in 1871, she entered the Augustana orphanage at Andover, Illinois... Read full biography
The following is from Karen Swensson Luisana, great grand daughter of the artist, October 2003. Hannah Swensson was born Hannah Olson on March 25th 1866 in St. Charles Illinois, and was one of 18 children. After her mother's death in 1871, she entered the Augustana orphanage at Andover, Illinois and was nurtured in the arts by Emmy Carlsson Evald. She attended Bethany College for three years in Lindsborg, Kansas, which was founded by my great- uncle,Carl Swensson. She married his... Read full biography
The following is from Karen Swensson Luisana, great grand daughter of the artist, October 2003. Hannah Swensson was born Hannah Olson on March 25th 1866 in St. Charles Illinois, and was one of 18 children. After her mother's death in 1871, she entered the Augustana orphanage at Andover, Illinois and was nurtured in the arts by Emmy Carlsson Evald. She attended Bethany College for three years in Lindsborg, Kansas, which was founded by my great- uncle,Carl Swensson. She married his brother,Luther, in 1888 and had five sons,one being my grandfather,Earl Swensson. She taught art at Bethany College from 1891-92, and later studied under Birger Sandzen, professor emeritus at Bethany who was called "The American Van Gogh". He founded the Prairie... Read full biography
The following is from Karen Swensson Luisana, great grand daughter of the artist, October 2003. Hannah Swensson was born Hannah Olson on March 25th 1866 in St. Charles Illinois, and was one of 18 children. After her mother's death in 1871, she entered the Augustana orphanage at Andover, Illinois and was nurtured in the arts by Emmy Carlsson Evald. She attended Bethany College for three years in Lindsborg, Kansas, which was founded by my great- uncle,Carl Swensson. She married his brother,Luther, in 1888 and had five sons,one being my grandfather,Earl Swensson. She taught art at Bethany College from 1891-92, and later studied under Birger Sandzen, professor emeritus at Bethany who was called "The American Van Gogh". He founded the Prairie Printmakers Society. Hannah worked in oil primarily, but like Sandzen, also did lithographs, woodcuts, and charcoal... Read full biography
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Rural landscape, animal and architecture painting
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