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Frode Neilsen Dann
(1892-1984)
Frode Neilsen Dann was a painter born in Jelstrup, Havbro, Denmark on September 10, 1892. Dann studied at the Royal Academy in Copenhagen and worked there as a restorer for the National Museum for ten years. He arrived in the U.S. in 1926 and soon settled in southern California. He was a resident of Santa Barbara and Pasadena through the 1960s. In Pasadena he worked as director and teacher at the School of Fine Arts and was an art critic for a local newspaper for many years. He died in Denmark in March 1984.
Member: California Watercolor Society; Pasadena Art Association.
Exhibited: Golden Gate International Exposition, 1939; Santa Barbara Museum, 1944.
Source:
Hughes, Edan M. Artists In California 1786-1940. 3rd ed. Vol. 1. Sacramento: Crocker, Art Museum, 2002. N. pag. 2 vols. Print.
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