Knute Heldner

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Knute Heldner was born a Swede in 1875. He lived in Vederslöv in Småland, Sweden. He migrated to America around 1902.^[1] He lived in Duluth Minnesota until 1934 and then he eventually made his home in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is a famous painter. He was married to Collette Pope Heldner, who was also a painter and his one time student from a school in Minnesota. He died in 1952.

He won the gold medal at the Minnesota state fair in 1915.^[2]. In 1921 he exhibited his work in the Swedish American Artist's Association in the Swedish Club in Chicago. His style was modern expressionistic, derived from his training as an artist in Sweden. He was recognized for painting of Louisiana landscapes. His best paintings however were portraits. His work entitled Bearers of burdens was turned into a print^[3].

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• http://www.askart.com/AskART/H/collette_pope_heldner/collette_pope_heldner.aspx
• http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=20718
• also taken from Louisiana State University Museum of Art brochure

1. ^ Knute Heldner — Porkopolis Art Museum
2. ^ Swedes in the Twin Cities: Immigrant Life and Minnesota's Urban Frontier by Philip J. Anderson and Dag Blanck, 2001
3. ^ Library of Congress catalog record