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Source: Martha Scott, 785-532-7718, marthas@k-state.edu
News release prepared by: Caitlin Muret, 785-532-7718, cmuret@k-state.edu

Thursday, Oct. 23, 2008

WORKS FROM SANDZEN MEMORIAL ART GALLERY COMING TO K-STATE'S BEACH MUSEUM OF ART

MANHATTAN -- Kansas State University's Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art will offer works from Birger Sandzen beginning Nov. 14.

"Sandzens from the Sandzen," a display of around 25 works from the Birger Sandzen Memorial Art Gallery in Lindsborg, will trace the artist's early to mid-career life. The exhibition will run through Feb. 15, 2009.

Sandzen was a painter, printmaker and educator born in Blidsber, Sweden. He came to the United States in 1894 to teach languages and assist in the art and vocal music departments at Bethany College in Lindsborg.

The upcoming exhibition will include portraits and still lifes that emphasize the well-composed and vibrantly hued landscapes for which Sandzen is best known.

Ron Michael, curator at the Birger Sandzen Memorial Art Gallery and the organizer of the Beach Museum's exhibition, said the artist's body of work is considerable.

"During his lifetime, Sandzen completed in excess of 2,600 oil paintings and 500 watercolors. He created 207 lithographs, 94 click prints and 27 dry points, which when the editions are totaled amount to more than 33,000 prints," Michael said. Sandzen also filled more than 80 sketchbooks.

"His overall goal was to paint the regional landscape in a style that accentuated its intrinsic character and help viewers realize their surrounding beauty," Michael said.

The Beach Museum owns more than 130 pieces of Sandzen's work.

The day before the exhibition opens, Michael will give a talk about it at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 13, at the Beach Museum. The talk, "Birger Sandzen: Explorations in a New Land," will include a brief overview of the artist's career with emphasis on the years 1890 to 1925.

The Beach Museum of Art is on the southeast corner of the K-State campus at 14th Street and Anderson Avenue. Free visitor parking is available next to the building. Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursdays; and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. The museum is closed Mondays.