Birger Sandzen

1871-1954

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BORN IN

Bildsberg, Sweden

KNOWN FOR

Abstract richly colored landscape and still life painting

NAME VARIATIONS

Sven Birger Sandzen

Born Blidsberg, Sweden, Feb. 5, 1871. After graduation from Skara College, Sandzen spent a semester at Lund University attending art history lectures and continuing the study of French. Sandzen then went to Paris to study with Aman Jean. Sandzen moved to Lindsborg, Kansas in 1894 to teach French, voice, art history, drawing and painting at Bethany College where he remained on the faculty until 1946.

Sandzen’s style of painting is unusual in its thick and heavy application of impasto in bold and bright color combinations, interpreting the landscape of the western United States. He is known for very colorful renderings of mountain lakes with boulders, cypress and aspen trees and moonrises along waterways.

Sold At Lone Star Art Auction

Birger Sandzen – Autumn Chord, Smoky Hill River, Kansas
Birger Sandzen
(1871 – 1954)

Autumn Chord, Smoky Hill River, Kansas

, 1952
oil on board
22 x 28 inches
Sold for: $54,000
Birger Sandzen – Dry Creek
Birger Sandzen
(1871 – 1954)

Dry Creek, (Wild Horse Creek, Graham County, Kansas)

, 1915
oil on canvas
24 x 36 inches
Sold for: $60,000
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Birger Sandzen
(1871 – 1954)

Prairie Pond

, 1937
oil on board
22 x 28 inches
Sold for: $72,000
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Birger Sandzen
(1871 – 1954)

Poplars, Logan Utah

, 1929
oil on board
28 x 20 inches
Sold for: $48,000