Featured 19th Century Painter: Dines Carlsen (American 1901 - 1966)
- March 15, 2021 07:41
American Impressionist painter, Dines Carlsen was the son of Soren Emil Carlsen, a noted artist and instructor at the National Academy of Design in New York City. He was educated by his parents; with his father giving him his early training in art. He first exhibited still-lifes at age 15 the 91st Annual Exhibition at the Academy in 1916 and the 6th Biennial of the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Artist Dines Carlsen is best known for his still-lifes, but landscapes and coastal scenes were also part of his oeuvre. He traveled throughout the United States, Mexico and South America and many of his landscapes depict what he saw on those travels. He resided at his parent’s home and studio in New York City, but also spent time at their home in Falls Village, Connecticut, where he moved permanently after his father’s death in 1932. Thereafter, Carlsen spent his summers at Falls Village and winters in Summerville, SC. He was a member of Grand Central Art Galleries artist’s cooperative in New York City and was elected to the National Academy of Design (Associate, 1922; Academician, 1941). 19th century painter Dines Carlsen exhibited at the National Academy of Design (Third Hallgarten Prize, 1919; Second Hallgarten Prize, 1923); the Corcoran Gallery of Art (1923, 1925); the Carnegie Institute (Pittsburgh, PA, 1920 to - 1923, 1925, 1930); the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Philadelphia, PA, 1917 - 1932; the National Academy of Design (1915 - 1946; the Art Institute of Chicago (1919, 1925, 1927); the St. Louis Art Museum (MO, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1926 - 1929; and the Detroit Art Institute (MI, 1920, 1923 – 1928). The Emil and Dines Carlsen Award of the National Academy of Design is named for Dines and his father.
