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Birth
1879 (Stockholm, Sweden)
Death
1934 (Grand Canyon, Arizona)
Lived/Active
California/Arizona
Often Known For
national park landscape painting, illustration
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Painters of Grand Canyon
Taos Pre 1940
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Gunnar Mauritz Widforss 1879 - 1934
Gunnar Mauritz Widforss was born in Stockholm, Sweden on October 21, 1879 the third of thirteen children. His father, Mauritz, owned a firearm and hunting shop. Widforss’ mother, Blenda, had studied art at The Technical School (now Konstfack) and was a noted amateur painter. When he was sixteen years old Widforss would begin his training to become a painter and muralist at the same school.
Following the completion of his studies at the Technical (showing 500 of 14793 characters). |
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