Artist

Emil Carlsen

Portrait of Emil Carlsen
Portrait of Emil Carlsen

United States

Emil Carlsen is an United States American Impressionism painter. 10 works are cataloged here, principally at Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, most of them oil paintings.

Soren Emil Carlsen (October 19, 1848, Copenhagen, Denmark – January 2, 1932, New York City, U.S.) was an American Impressionist painter who emigrated to the United States from Denmark. He became known for his still lifes. Later in his career, Carlsen expanded his range of subjects to include landscapes and seascapes as well. During his long career, he won many of the most important honors in American art and was elected to membership in the National Academy of Design. For more than forty years he was also a respected teacher in Chicago, San Francisco and New York.

Works by Emil Carlsen

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