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Gerda Christoffersen (early 20th century) was active/lived in Montana / Canada, Denmark. Gerda Christoffersen is known for Indian portrait, papoose paintings.
Note submitted July 2004 by Bea Dunlap.
A friend said that when her sister worked at Glacier National Park in the early "50's the "Papoose" pictures by Gerda Christoffersen were sold in the gift shop. The following information was taken from a label on the back of one of her pictures.
"Gerda Christoffersen, internationally know painter, was born in Denmark and has spent most of her life in Canada and the United States studying the culture of North American Indians and is now an authority on the subject. She has also studied anatomy with H. G. Glyde of England.
She has created the original style of the "Papoose Paintings" and is uninfluenced by any art trend or form. She painted the covers for the
Maryknoll Magazine
for 1956 representing twelve different of children of the world in her well known "Papoose Style".
Collectors own works by Gerda Christoffersen in Europe, Australia, Africa, India, Canada, South America and the United States.
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Similar artists
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Tom Waugh
,
Gilbert Benjamin Atencio
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Harrison (Haskay Yahne Yah) Begay
,
Gary Schildt
,
Earle Erik Heikka
,
Ace (Asa Lynn) Powell
,
Bob Scriver
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Gerda Christoffersen
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Art Method
Easel Painting
Illustration, Illustrator
Art Media
Oil Paint
Pastel Painting/Drawing
Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
Realist, Representational, Naturalist
Art Subject
Children, Child Figure, Genre, Portrait
Indians, Native Americans
Portraits, Portraiture
Chronology
Early 20th Century Before 1950
Late 20th Century After 1950
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Portrait Specialty
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