Svend Rasmussen Svendsen (March 21, 1864 - September 6, 1945) was a Norwegian American impressionist artist. Svendsen is most known for his rural scenes, marine views, and snowy landscapes of Norway.
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Svend Rasmussen Svendsen was born in Nittedal, in Akershus Amt, Norway. He was the son of Rasmus and Marie Svendsen. Shortly thereafter his family moved to Kristiania. Svendsen received his primary education in Norway. In 1881, he immigrated to America and settled in Chicago, Illinois.[1]
Svendsen had studied with Norwegian painter and engraver Fritz Thaulow. Svendsen also studied with Edward F. Ertz, Professor of Watercolor at the Académie Delécluse in Paris. Svendsen exhibited at the Chicago Art Institute, the National Academy of Design, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. His paintings were also shown at the Chicago Norske Klub and at Minnesota State Fair. Since his death, the art work of Svend Svendsen has been included in exhibitions featured at St. Olaf College, at the University of Minnesota and at the Spanierman Gallery in Chicago. His art is on display at the National Museum of American Art at the Smithsonian Institution.[2]