Georgina Klitgaard
1893–1976

Introduction

Georgina Klitgaard (née Berrian; July 3, 1893 – January 12, 1977) was an American artist. Klitgaard was known for panoramic landscape paintings of scenic New York from a bird's-eye view perspective. Her work was reviewed in the Los Angeles Times, on April 14, 1929, and in The Art Digest, on November 1, 1929. Her art work has been mentioned in numerous New York Times articles. The first exhibition she held was in New York at the Whitney Studio Club from Dec. 20, 1927 to Jan. 7, 1928. She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1933, and her husband Kaj Klitgaard was awarded with a Guggenheim in 1937. She painted three murals in United States Post Offices during the Great Depression.

Wikidata identifier

Q16008056

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Roles

Artist, painter

ULAN identifier

500049045

Names

Georgina Klitgaard

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