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Jorgensen's lease expired. Jorgensen constructed his home for a total of $ 5,000 and lived there during the summers and some winters from 1900 to 1917. At the time of the artist's occupation, the house's living room was described by the San Francisco Chronicle (February 17, 1901) as one of the “most unique and artistic studios on the coast” containing all manner of objects from skins and baskets to beer steins and water buffalo horns.
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in the valley itself on July 12, 1900. The commission granted their permission for an initial four-year lease which was repeatedly extended. Not only did the commission wish to promote
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February 1874. Williams, the director of this academy, spotted the young fourteen-year-old Jorgensen sketching near his residence in the city and invited him to be the first free student. Williams' influence over Jorgensen's budding artistic style was great. As Williams had been exposed to
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Jorgensen was an unusual artist in the sense that he often chose to paint in watercolor, a medium that was still viewed as inferior to oil painting at this time. However, Jorgensen was more successful in the medium of watercolor than in oil. His style of careful delineation in the foreground and
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Italian methods of painting in his travels abroad, he emphasized the importance of regular exhibition to the young Jorgensen. Jorgensen's lifelong tendency towards classical compositions arose from Williams’ mentorship.
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Jorgensen: Californian Pioneer Artist. Masters Thesis, Stanislaus, California State University, 1992.
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Jorgensen's works came to the Museum as a bequest from Angelina Jorgensen after her death.
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Jorgensen: Californian Pioneer Artist. Sonora: Fine Arts Research Publishing Co, 1988.
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