Ken Christensen (MI,CA,OH,b 1951) oil painting 132797

Description: ARTIST: Ken Christensen (Michigan, California, Ohio, born 1951) TITLE: Rolling Hills, Basque Country, Spain (titled on verso) MEDIUM: oil on canvas CONDITION: Very good. No visible inpaint under UV light. ART SIZE: 24 x 30 inches / 60 x 76 cm FRAME SIZE: unframed SIGNATURE: lower right and on verso LOCATION: This lot is located at our Dania Beach, FL office. CATEGORY: old antique vintage painting for auction sale online AD: ART WANTED: Consign, Trade In, Cash Offer SKU#: 132797 BIOGRAPHY:Ken Christensen is a classic, on-site landscape painter with influences filtered down from the French Impressionists and Fauves. He paints with the vision, color, and verve of such painters as Van Gogh, Vlaminck, Marquet and Derain and with the American perspective of Hopper and Benton. He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in 1951 and raised in Flint, Michigan. He attended Michigan State University where he graduated with a B.A. in History in 1974. He was also part of an overseas study program at Bedford College, London and attended the University of Manchester in England for a full year. After college Mr. Christensen settled in Traverse City, Michigan, where he pursued a career as a freelance artist while also writing for the local newspaper. His early projects included post cards of historic sites in the area, Christmas cards of people's homes, advertising illustrations, art fairs, and the occasional group exhibits. At the same time he attended art classes at Northern Michigan College in Traverse City. Frustrated by Michigan's long winters and missing Europe, he moved back to London in 1980. He remained in Europe for the following nine years. In his early years in Europe he supported himself largely by sketching shops and restaurants in the street. In the summer of 1981 he launched himself on a long bicycle trip, crossing Holland, Belgium and France and teaching himself French along the way. He then settled in Sollies-Pont on the Cote d' Azur. The following year he moved to Paris where he remained for the next five years. During this period he attended life drawing classes at the Ecole des Beaux Arts and was also an official copyist at the Louvre Museum, but his greatest education came from associating and working with the marvelous artists of Paris. Mr. Christensen had two one-man shows in Paris as well as St. Tropez where a book of his watercolors, "St. Tropez, Notes et Croquis de Voyages" was published in 1984. He also had two one-man shows in Ivrea, Italy. Originally a watercolor painter, he shifted over to oils during his European years. He also experimented in other techniques, primarily monoprints and blockprints. In 1986 he moved to San Sebastian, Spain, where he continued to paint and also taught English part time at a private academy. The following year he moved to Hyeres, France where he continued to paint and exhibit for the next two years.In the summer of 1988 he moved back to the U.S. to Petoskey, Michigan, a beautiful resort town on Lake Michigan. The following five years Christensen alternated his time between summers in Petoskey and winters in Santa Fe, New Mexico where he exhibited at the Linda McAdoo Gallery among others. During this period he opened The Christensen Gallery in Oden, Michigan, which gave Mr. Christensen a place to exhibit his own work and other artists as well as a large studio in which to work during the Michigan winters. In an adjacent building he began a used bookstore which prospered and grew. During this period he also created "The Christensen Puppet Theater" performing in both New Mexico and Michigan. Mr. Christensen built the theater and all the puppet's heads. Staying put in Michigan, Mr. Christensen taught watercolor and printmaking at North Central Michigan College. He also taught drawing and oil painting at the McCune Art Center, and many private workshops in the summer. Christensen continues to live in Los Osos, CA, mixing plein air and studio work. He returns regularly to Santa Fe and Paris, his former homes, which he loves dearly. Changing locations provides fresh inspiration and he also visits the many wonderful friends that live there.Ken Christensen paints with an intensity and bravura that reveals the glory and beauty of even the most mundane scenes. Rather than the standard post card views, Mr. Christensen seeks out the particular that his personal vision can raise to the universal. CLICK HERE TO ADD ME TO YOUR FAVOURITE SELLERS LIST.Our prices are based on the value of the artwork by itself. Frames are free and any frame imperfections, damages and condition overall is not a reason for discounts, refunds or returns.If an item is listed like USED it can be dirty.All measurements are given approximately. 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Price: 449 USD

Location: Dania, Florida

End Time: 2025-01-07T20:28:55.000Z

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