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Christian Jorgensen papers, 1919-1986
- Title
- Christian Jorgensen papers, 1919-1986
- Identifier
- P1390
- Date
- 1919-1986
- Description
- Miscellaneous items concerning a Norwegian emigrant from Christiania who arrived in California at the age of ten, the son of a sea captain. He began to study painting at the School of Design in San Francisco when he was fourteen, He became a distinguished landscape artist, working chiefly with California scenes: the Yosemite Valley, the California Missions, and Old San Francisco. His widow donated 250 of his painting to the National Park Service at Yosemite, his daughter-in-law, Mrs. Virgil Jorgensen, donated a large collection to the Sonoma Mission in 1950.
The file contains "Biography and Works" from California Art Research, family photographs, a valuation list with slides of some works by Dr. Joseph Baird, a brochure, "California Artist", and a Norwegian American Museum newsletter, September, 1989, with an article on a Jorgensen exhibit. Katherine Mather Littell, Twain Harte, California, has done much to bring Jorgensen out of obscurity. - Location: 11/B/3
- Extent
- 3 folders
- Subject
- orgensen, Christian, 1860-1935
- Type
- Clippings
- Access Rights
- This collection is open to research.
Collection
Citation
“Christian Jorgensen papers, 1919-1986,” Norwegian American Historical Association, accessed October 17, 2026, https://norwegianamericanhistory.org/catalog/items/show/11947.