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In 1901, Lungren returned to the United States. After settling initially in New York, he moved to Los
Angeles, California, in 1903. Three years later, he established his home in Santa Barbara, commenting in 1914 that "as a field for artistic endeavor, it would be impossible to find a spot more
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Angeles, California, where he focused on scenes of the desert in all conditions of weather, seasonal change and time of the day, producing several famous paintings of these landscapes, with often poetic rendition of the specific desert atmosphere.
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Hagerstown, Maryland, of Swedish descent, on November 13, 1857, Fernand Lungren was raised in Toledo, Ohio. He showed an early talent for drawing but his father induced him to pursue a professional career and in 1874 entered the
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Elizabeth Brown has described
Lungren as Santa Barbara's most important artist. Art historians have suggested that he was largely responsible for establishing desert scenery as a subject worthy of exploration.
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artists at work. Disappointed with the academic art that he observed, and eager to experience life, Lungren left his Paris studies and traveled to the town of
Barbizon, South East of Paris, near
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America in 1883, Lungren first settled in New York, then moved shortly thereafter to Cincinnati, Ohio. There, he was encouraged to explore Western subjects by fellow artists
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Indians in
Arizona. He was eventually made a member of several Indian tribes and priesthoods. In 1895, Lungren created illustrations of the Moquis, Navajo, and Apache people for
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in 1881) during the period known as âthe Golden Age of American illustration.â His first illustration appeared in 1879 and he continued to contribute to
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in 1920 with the sponsorship of the Community Arts Association of Santa Barbara. He remained a resident of Santa Barbara until his death in 1932.
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chalk-like colored drawing medium, exhibiting the results with success. Lungren met many prominent artists in London, including
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area, which remarkably express the immensity, colors and solitude of these landscapes. He also dabbled in
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hired Lungren to sketch scenes along its route. He spent eight months in
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until 1903. He was also an illustrator for the childrenâs magazine,
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