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CHRIS JORGENSEN PRICE $4000 "TWO CARGO SHIPS ENTERING SAN FRANCISCO BAY" OIL ON BOARD 8.25 X 10.25 INCHES FRAMED 13 X 15
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CHRIS
JORGENSEN JORGENSEN,
Christian August (1860-1935). CHRIS
JORGENSEN WAS BORN IN CHRISTIANIA (NOW OSLO), NORWAY IN 1859.
Jorgensen moved to San Francisco with his mother in 1870.
CHRIS WAS ALREADY INTERESTED IN DRAWING. IN 1874 THE CALIFORNIA
SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS WAS OPENED, AND HE
RECEIVED
A SCHOLARSHIP. he was greatly influenced at that school by Virgil
Williams. HE LATER
TAUGHT ART
AT THE CALIFORNIA SCHOOL OF
FINE ARTS. HE
THEN STUDIED FOR TWO
YEARS IN
ITALY AND DEVELOPED
HIS PLEIN AIR TALENT.
BY 1883. HIS LANDSCAPE AND SEASCAPE PAINTINGS WERE SELLING WELL AT
HIS SAN FRANCISCO STUDIO. CHRIS
WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ARTIS
TO REALIZE THE BEAUTY OF
YOSEMITE AND THE CALIFORNIA MISSIONS. HE SPENT YEARS STUDYING THEIR
HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE. IN
1906 AN EXHIBITION OF HIS PICTURES IN WASHINGTON D.C. OF THE YOSEMITE
VALLEY AND THE MISSIONS RECEIVED GREAT REVIEWS.
HIS PAINTINGS ARE IN MANY
MUSEUMS AND COLLECTIONS. HE ALSO HAS AN EXTENSIVE AUCTION RECORD.
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