Gendron jensen biography of alberta
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18 boxes (18 lin.
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The collection consists primarily of Gendron Jensen's personal and professional correspondence, notes, projects, and related publications. Many of his letters, retrieved from the original recipients, are outsized and illustrated. Jensen arranged and organized his own archive, and most of the folders are labeled in his own hand.
The letters and business documents contain details of his career struggles as well as insights into his emotional and spiritual development as an artist and a human
An annotated partial inventory created by Jensen is included in the "Letters and Correspondence" series.
Especially useful are his commentaries and key to abbreviations that identify his relationship with his correspondents. His preface reads, "To Whomever it does concern: Humbly so, I deem the repository of my records encompassed by this finding file to be a journey of my soul. The pages of outline are meant to further elucidate inquirers, as much clarity as can be applied.
As it occurred, my labor of well over eight months organizing everything was attended by sundry emotions in doing soNOTA BENE: This finding file was completed at pm, MST, NOV ".
Gendron Lloyd Jensen, "The Boneman," was born December 15, in River Falls, Wisconsin. Known in his early years to the family as "Butch", he was the second of nine children born to Lloyd Winfred Jensen and Helen Hyacinth Gendron, whose partial Ojibway heritage had a notable influence on his artistic sensibilities.
At the age of 19 he entered a Benedictine monastic novitiate in Wisconsin. Jensen's deep attachment to spiritual principles, fellow seminarians, and teachers encountered during his monastic years are profoundly evident in his subsequent art and prolific, poetic personal correspondence.
Gendron jensen biography of alberta canada Navy at age 21, but was soon discharged because of an emotional breakdown. Tech specs Edit. Displaying of characters. Top cast 6 Edit.Jensen joined the U.S. Navy at age 21, but was soon discharged because of an emotional breakdown. In , he enrolled at the University of Minnesota, Duluth where he immersed himself into art courses and exhibits. After his studies, he returned to the Benedictine monastery to work in its print shop. In his spare time, he began collecting tiny objects from nature, which he would draw with pencil or pen and ink.
Gendron jensen biography of alberta brown Storyline Edit. At the age of 19 he entered a Benedictine monastic novitiate in Wisconsin. Sign In. For more than 40 years Gendron has obsessively transformed found relics into wakeful images of uncommon beauty.His first serious work, "Inside Tillie," was produced in the late s. He spent the next few years in near isolation on an abandoned mink farm south of Grand Rapids, producing most of the works in series. In the late s, he began work on "Seedpod," a multifaceted project calling for the construction of three interconnected dome pods.
The domes were to represent cranial, thoracic, and pelvic sections of animals, ranging thirty to sixty feet in diameter.
Gendron jensen biography of alberta His preface reads, "To Whomever it does concern: Humbly so, I deem the repository of my records encompassed by this finding file to be a journey of my soul. This is a story of man's devotion to life, to nature and to one vision. The pages of outline are meant to further elucidate inquirers, as much clarity as can be applied. There are many strong biographies that you may refer to on our website, such as Cecilia Beaux, Edward Hopper, and Paul Sample.In , Jensen left Minnesota for a research fellowship at the Smithsonian Institution, where he worked extensively with the bones of whales, which he called "relics." During the s, Jensen met artist Christine Taylor Patten. After a short, intense correspondence, he joined her in the Taos, New Mexico area where they were married on August 15, Over the course of his career, Jensen exhibited in numerous venues, published many drawings in books and journals, was appointed a research colleague at the Smithsonian Institution, and was well-known in the art world.
He maintained lifelong, generation-spanning friendships and correspondence with family friends, art dealers, publishers, patrons, and monastic practitioners. Gendron Jensen died on July 23, in Vadito, New Mexico
Separated Materials: Photographs have been transfered to the Gendron Jensen Pictorial Collection; books have been transfered to CSWR General Collection
Processing Information: Jensen organized his papers for an archive in The original 29 boxes have been compacted to Large items are shelved in oversize drawers, and 5 extremely large items are stored in oversize tubes.
Photographs have been transferred to a related pictorial collection
Collection is open for research
Cite as: Gendron Jensen Papers, Center for Southwest Research and Special Collection, Univeristy Libraries, University of New Mexico
Limited duplication of print and photographic material is allowed for research purposes.
Gendron jensen biography of alberta king Though bones traditionally represent sterility and death, Jensen sees them as 'emissaries - portals unto exaltation - bespeakin Required : the name of the person submitting the information. Full text bios for all artists are available every Friday. Pricing my art.Duplication of recordings permitted only with written permission from artist, performer, interviewer and interviewee, tribal authority, or current holder of intellectual property rights. User is responsible for compliance with all , privacy, and libel laws
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