Birger Sandzen

(Sven)

Birger Sandzén

In Estes Park

1871 - 1954

"...it was in in 1922 that Birger Sandzén's star reached its zenith. The American-Scandinavian Foundation sponsored a large exhibition of his work at the Babcock Galleries in New York. Sandzen received enthusiastic critical reviews...." The Foundation was ecstatic, and wired the artist to come to New York. They offered to send a plane. Sandzén's reply was "I am sorry. I have classes and cannot leave."

—Southwest Art - April, 1983

"The art of Birger Sandzen is beautifully adapted to the interpretation of the American Rocky Mountains. Our Rockies are stark, strong, ruthless things.... Birger Sandzen knows the mood of nature. He goes to it unafraid. And comes back triumphant, capturing it, subduing it, translating it into human terms. He grapples with its joy. He translates its terror and dread without compromise, without understatement.

—William Allen White (see notables of OldEstes)

"In Sandzén's biographies it often says something like: 'His style was after van Gogh.' This always caused the teacher-artist to chuckle and point out that he did not see a van Gogh until 1924."

—Southwest Art - April, 1983

Sandzen's Studio in Estes Park Colorado

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Birger Sandzén was born in Sweden in 1871. He studied art in Stockholm and Paris, and at the age of twenty-three came to Lindsborg, Kansas. He remained in the United States the rest of his life, most spent in Lindsborg. He died in 1954, at the age of eighty-three.

Like many great artists, Sandzén was multifaceted. He spoke six languages, including Latin, and sang solos with the nationally famous Bethany Oratorio Group

Sandzén spent a great deal of time in the Estes Park area (see A Mountain Studio below), and produced many works in oils, watercolor and prints from this area. He served as a guest art instructor at the Broadmoor Art Academy (later the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center), the Denver Chappell House School of Art, Utah State College, and the University of Michigan.

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	Gallery	Items For Sale

	Mountain Lake - Rocky Mountain National Park - OldEstes Collection Watercolor Sunset OldEstes Collection Linoleum Block Print - 1921 A Mountain Studio - OldEstes Collection Lithograph This is the studio where Sandzen came to paint in Estes Park. It is a beautiful old building, and still has many of the furnishings and features from that time. Lake at Sunset - The Sandzen Memorial Gallery	Blue Valley Farm Linoleum block print Nicely custom matted in black $750 10 1/16 x 14 *Frida's Creek* $950 Mountain Slope Lithograph - 1925 Smaller gift litho with dedication. Nicely custom matted & framed $495
	Mountain Lake - Courtesy Lauren & Jason Emery Poplars - Courtesy Lauren & Jason Emery Mountain Lake by Moonlight - Courtesy Kris Hansen Untitled (Big Pine) - David Cook Fine Art Rocks & Snow - The Sandzen Memorial Gallery Oil - 1922 In the Heart of the Rockies - IBEX Galleriess	SOLD *Willow and Cottonwood* Linoleum Block Print 8 15/16 x 12 1/16" SOLD Colorado Stream Linoleum Block Print - 1952 Newly framed in 1" black wood frame with archival materials SOLD Granite Banks Lithograph - 1925 14 3/4 x 19 3/4" image A copy is held by the British Museum, The National Museum in Stockholm, and the Philadelphia Museum of Art




		Links: The Birger Sandzén Memorial Gallery David Cook Fine Art

Revised: 07/12/2008