Elmer Forsberg was born in 1883 at Yxpila in Karleby, Finland, son of
Adolf Alexander Forsberg and Signe Katherine Bonde, and emigrated to
the US in 1891 with his family. They settled in Chicago, Illinois
where he studied art from 1904-08 and graduated from the Art Institute
of Chicago. He was a faculty member there from 1906-1950,
becoming head of the Department of Drawing, Painting and Illustration
in 1930.
He remained at the Institute as an instructor and lecture (showing 500 of 3771 characters). |
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