Bidspirit auction | ERIK LUNDGREN, ”WATERSIDE VILLAGE”

ERIK LUNDGREN, ”WATERSIDE VILLAGE” - ”Waterside Village”, an original oil on board by listed artist, Erik Lundgren circa 1965. Professionally framed and measures in frame, 24.25'' H x 28.25'' W. Bertil Erik Karl Lundgren was born May 5, 1906 in Sweden. The names of his parents are unknown. His younger brother was Fred, and his two younger sisters were Anna and Ethel. In 1919 at the age of twelve he immigrated to the United States, where he lived with his Uncle Gustaf Lundgren in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois. In 1924 he graduated high school, after which he attended college in Chicago and studied art. While at school he met and fell in love with another art student, Marion Yeomans, who was born in Connecticut on February 1, 1909.