Ejnar Hansen papers
name: label: Creator
content: Hansen, Ejnar, 1884-1965
topic: label: Occupation
content: Art teachers -- California -- Pasadena
label: Occupation
content: Painters -- California -- Pasadena
label: Occupation
content: Watercolorists -- California -- Pasadena
label: Topic
content: Art, American -- California -- Pasadena
label: Topic
content: Painting, Modern -- 20th century -- California -- Pasadena
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: Donated 1986 by Jorgen Hansen, the son of Ejnar Hansen.
creator: label: Creator
content: Hansen, Ejnar, 1884-1965
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Painter; Pasadena, California.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).
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 2 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1904-1984
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.hansejna
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: 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;
label: Scope and Contents
content: 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.