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View of Poughkeepsie in 1840 (mural study, Poughkeepsie, New York Post Office)

View of Poughkeepsie in 1840 (mural study, Poughkeepsie, New York Post Office)

Georgina KlitgaardWW-1940-612885

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Year
1940
Medium
oil paint

Artist

Georgina Klitgaard
Georgina Klitgaard

Georgina Klitgaard was an American artist. Klitgaard was known for panoramic landscape paintings of scenic New York from a bird's-eye view perspective. Her work was reviewed in the Los Angeles Times, on April 14, 1929, and in The Art Digest, on November 1, 1929. Her art work has been mentioned in numerous New York Times articles. The first exhibition she held was in New York at the Whitney Studio Club from December 20, 1927 to January 7, 1928. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1933, and her husband Kaj Klitgaard was awarded with a Guggenheim in 1937. She painted three murals in United States Post Offices during the Great Depression.

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Year
1940
Medium
oil paint
Watts ID
WW-1940-612885

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wikidata
Status
verified

Artist

Georgina Klitgaard

Georgina Klitgaard

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