Ejnar Hansen

Hansen was born in Copenhagen, Denmark and attended the Royal Academy there. He immigrated to the US in 1914, lived in the midwest before coming to Pasadena/Los Angeles in 1924. He taught at Chouinard and Otis Art Institutes, Pomona College, etc., working also as a housepainter. His record of awards for his watercolors and painting began in 1927 and continued throughout his lifetime. He made still lifes, portraits, figure compositions. The works are in many collections - private and museum - with a number of one-man museum exhibitions.

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Born in Copenhagen, Denmark on Jan. 9, 1884, Hansen attended the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen. He arrived in the U.S. in 1914 and lived in Michigan and Wheaton, IL before settling in Pasadena in 1924. He taught at Chouinard and Otis Art Institutes, Pomona College, John Muir College, and the Pasadena School of Fine Arts. Hansen died in Pasadena on Sept. 26, 1965.

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Hansen, Ejnar, b. 1884 d. 1965

Painter, Printmaker, Sculptor

Calif. (Show Bio)

Painter; Pasadena, California. Born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Hansen studied at the Teknisk Skole and the Royal Academy of Art (1903-1910) while working as a journeyman painter. Arrived in Chicago in 1914, and moved to Pasadena in 1925. Taught at Otis Art Institute, the Chouinard Art Institute (1937-1940), Pasadena City College, and the Pasadena School of Fine Arts (1952). (Hide Bio)

Ejnar Hansen papers, 1904-1984

2.0 linear ft.

Biographical data; correspondence (1.5 ft.), 1904-1974, including letters between Ejnar and his wife Helga, and from their son Jorgen, Christmas cards, correspondence with artists, friends, galleries, museums and universities regarding shows and the Southern California art scene, including letters from Jarvis Barlow, Nelbert Chouinard and Francis de Erdely, sympathy cards sent after Ejnar's death, letters to Helga from her grandson, Todd Moore, and ca. 50 rough drafts of letters by Ejnar; 5 daybooks, 1947-1951, containing brief diary-like entries; 5 sketches, undated; a file on the Lovelock Mural Competition, 1939-1941, containing correspondence, writings, business records and blueprints; 2 transcripts, undated, of radio interviews of Hansen (4 p.), and Hansen with other Los Angeles artists (9 p.); printed material, including clippings, 1935-1966, exhibition announcements, 1955-1959, and a catalog, 1984; and a photograph, undated, of a print by Hansen, 1898.

Donated 1986 by Jorgen Hansen, the son of Ejnar Hansen.