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Ad Code: 4
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from Auction House Records.
A set of four stacking chairs
Artwork images are copyright of the artist or assignee
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| | Born in Copenhagen, Denmark on May 14, 1884. Magnussen moved to NYC in 1925 and became artistic director of the Gorham Silver Company. In 1933 he hitchhiked to Hollywood, CA and established the Art Mart School where he taught and made enamel jewelry and flatware for the movie stars. He returned to Denmark in 1939 and died there in 1961. His works were often compared to Cellini. Exh: Industrial Arts, MM, 1927; Palos Verdes Art Gallery, 1934. In: Whitney Museum; Industrial Art Museum (Copenhagen). | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Ferdinand Perret Files; American Art Annual 1930; Los Angeles Times, 10-1-1933 & 4-15-1934; Who's Who in American Art 1936-41. | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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