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Dan Christensen

Dan Christensen (1942 - 2007) was active/lived in New York, Nebraska.  Dan Christensen is known for Minimal color field imagery painting, abstraction.

DAN CHRISTENSEN CAPTURED THE HARMONIOUS TURBULENCE OF THE 'UNIVERSE' IN HIS PAINTINGS

By L. Kent Wolgamott, Lincoln Journal Star, October 31, 2009

When Dan Christensen was attending Chadron State College in the late 1950s, art instructors there recognized the young painter's talent and encouraged him to attend the Kansas City Art Institute.

Fifty years later, Christensen, who died in 2007 at age 64, is a highly regarded painter, likely the most noted, important Nebraska native artist of his era.

"That's the way I'd see it," said Lincoln painter Keith Jacobshagen, who was at the Kansas City Art Institute with Christensen in the early 1960s. "Of that era, he was the only one to come out of the state that gained a national reputation."

Sheldon Museum of Art curator Sharon Kennedy concurs with Jacobshagen's assessment. "I can't think of anyone else," she said. "He was important because he stuck with painting at a time w   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 21593 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Dan Christensen

   Publications  Book References:  21
Magazine References:  4

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4 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Dan Christensen
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art in America Review of Exhibitions March 2005 Editors, Art in America Yes
Art in America Clem's Cache November 2001 Taylor, Sue Yes
Art in America Review of Exhibitions February 2001 Editors, Art in America Yes
ARTnews Dan Christensen January 1995 Drake, Douglas No
21 Book References for Dan Christensen
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 McGowan, Alison C (Editor) Who's Who in American Art, 2004 2003 - 2004 (25th Edition) 1512 No
2001 Wilkin, Karen and Bruce Guenther Clement Greenburg: A Critic's Collection Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon
(Exhibition catalog)
0 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1996 Ruzicka, Joseph Landfall Press: Twenty-Five Years Of Printmaking 220 Yes
1993 Bowker R R Who's Who in American Art, 1993-1994, 20th Edition (American Federation of Arts) 1473 No
1991 Kemper Gallery Kansas City AI Mary & Crosby Kemper Collection Selections from Inaugural Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
28 Yes
1988 Geske, Norman and Karen O. Janovy The American Painting Collection of the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery 376 Yes
1987 Cummings, Paul Dictionary of Contemporary American Artists (5th Edition) 653 No
1986 Chetham, Charles; David Grose A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art 312 Yes
1986 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art-1986 1986 1292 No
1986 Landon, Daryl R (Introduction) Museum of Nebraska Art: Opening Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
29 No
1985 Krantz, Les American Artists: An Illustrated Survey of Leading Contemporary Americans 347 Yes
1981 Elderfeld, John New Work on Paper
(Exhibition catalog)
56 Yes
1981 Ritchie, Margaret Denver Art Museum Major Works in the Collection 304 Yes
1977 Seabolt, Fred/Donald Goodall New in the Seventies (Archer Huntington Gallery Exhibition)
(Exhibition catalog)
60 Yes
1976 Jaques Cattell Press Who's Who in American Art, 1976 12th Edition 756 No
1975 Legg, Alicia American Art Since 1945 From the Collection of MOMA 84 Yes
1974 Baur, John I H Whitney Museum of American Art Catalogue of the Collection 235 Yes
1971 Wood, James N Six Painters
(Exhibition catalog)
86 Yes
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