M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES
KARL JULIUS HEINRICH YENS
German/American/California (1868 - 1945)
The Famous Jenisch Park, Elbe Germany
1931
Signed l.r. - Karl Yens
Oil on board
The verso with two stickers:
one "Historical Collection of the Laguna Beach Museum of Art...... with catalog #84.17";
another in German;
and a penned inscription:
"The Famous Jensich Park, near Flottbek 6/Blankenese o/Elbe, Germany
Karl Yens, Laguna Beach Calif. 1931"
Housed in what appears to be the original Arts & Crafts frame
Note: Jenisch Park is the in Hamburg district, and home to the neoclassical Jenisch-Haus, a country residence
with rooms reflecting the taste of the prosperous classes, in styles ranging from Louis XVI to Art Nouveau; and to the
Ernst-Barlach-Haus, a museum housing sculpture, drawings, and printed graphic art.
Provenance: Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach CA
Museums: 7, Bowers Memorial Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Oakland
Museum of California, San Diego Museum of Art, Springville Museum of Art,
The Irvine Museum, The John H. Vanderpoel Art Association
Books: 26, including Laguna Beach Museum, Southern California Artists, 1890-1940,
Laguna Art Museum; 75 Works, 75 Years, Collecting the Art of California; Spanierman Gallery,
American Works on Paper III; Gerdts, William/Will, South, California Impressionism
Image size: 10 x 14 inches
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Karl Julius Heinrich Yens (1868 - 1945)
Birth place: Altona, Germany
Addresses: Los Angeles and Pasadena, CA, 1910-18; Laguna Beach, CA, from 1918
Profession: Muralist, painter, etcher, teacher
Studied: M. Koch, in Berlin; Academy Julian, Paris, with J.P. Laurens & Constant, 1900
Exhibited: Boston Arts Club, 1903; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Ann., 1904; Pan-California
International Expo, San Diego, 1915 (medal); Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1918,
1922, 1929; California Art Club, 1919 (prize); Laguna Beach Art Association, 1921 (prize), 1922 (prize),
1924 (medal), 1925 (prize), 1927 (prize), 1935 (prize); California Water Color Society,
1922 (prize); Southern California Fair, Riverside, 1922 (prize), 1928 (prize); Southwest Museum,
1922 (prize); Los Angeles Painters & Sculptors, 1923 (prize), 1928 (medal); Arizona State Fair,
Phoenix, 1923 (prize), 1927 (prize), 1928 (prize); San Francisco Art Association, 1925; Orange
County (CA) Fair, 1923 (prize), 1925 (prize), 1927 (prize); Los Angeles County Fair, 1924 (prize),
1928 (prize); Artists Southern California, San Diego, 1926 (prize); Biltmore Salon, Los Angeles,
1926 (medal); International Bookplate Association, 1927 (prize); Sacramento State Fair, 1927 (prize),
1934 (prize); Fine Art Gallery; San Diego, 1928 (prize); Pacific Southwest Expo, Long Beach, 1928
(gold); Second Annual Statewide Art Exhibition, Santa Cruz, 1929 (prize); Annual Exhibition,
Springville, UT, 1931 (prize); Oakland Art Gallery, 1932; California State Fair, Sacramento, 1935 (prize);
Laguna Beach Art Association, 1935 (prize); Aeronautical Art Exhibition, T.W.A., 1937 (prize);
Golden Gate Exposition, 1939;
Art Institute of Chicago.
Current Exhibition: Laguna Art Museum, Part I, The Beginning, 1832-1925, Feb-June 2007
Member: Laguna Beach Art Association; Association of American Painters and Sculptors;
Los Angeles Art Association (honorary life); Academy West Painters; California Art Club;
California Watercolor Club; Long Beach Art Association; San Diego Fine Art Society; International
Bookplate Association.; Scandinavian-American Artists Society of West; Modern Art Society (co-founder);
Teachers Association; California Society of Miniature Painters; San Diego Fine Art Society
Work: City Hall, Altona, Germany; Country Club House, Brookline, MA; Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh;
Astor Theatre, NYC; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; California State Expo Building, Los Angeles;
University of California, Los Angeles; Clearwater High School.; Laguna Beach High School.; Fine
Art Gallery, San Diego, San Pedro High School; U.S.S. California; John H. Vanderpoel Art
Association, Chicago; Bowers Memorial Museum, Santa Ana
Comments: Was a muralist in Germany and Scotland before coming to U.S. in 1901 and executing
mural commissions in NYC and Wash., DC. Settled in Southern Calif. in 1910, where he painted
portraits, landscapes, genre scenes, and figurative works for the next thirty-five years.
He was also known as Karl Jens.
Sources: WW40; WW06; Hughes, Artists in California, 625.
This biography is drawn from the 'Who Was Who in American Art' , the reference book on the cultural life in the United States.
Museums: 7
Bowers Memorial Museum
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Oakland Museum of California
San Diego Museum of Art
Springville Museum of Art
The Irvine Museum
The John H. Vanderpoel Art Association
Books: 26
AskART.com Inc., Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson, The Artists Bluebook
Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
Hughes, Edan Milton, Artists in California: 1786-1940
McClelland, Gordon; Jay Last, California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical
Falk, Peter Hastings, Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975
Gerdts, William/Will South, California Impressionism
Southwest Art, The Red Book, Western American Price Index
Laguna Art Museum, 75 Works, 75 Years, Collecting the Art of California
Stern, J/J B Dominik/H L Jones, Selections from the Irvine Museum
Gerdts, William H, Art Across America (West)
Falk, Peter Hastings, The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
Falk, Peter Hastings, Annual Exhibition Record, National Academy of Design1901-1950
Falk, Peter Hastings, Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
Spanierman Gallery, American Works on Paper III
Hughes, Edan Milton, Artists in California, 1786-1940
Opitz, Glenn B, Mantle Fielding's Dictionary, American Painters, Sculptors, Engravers
Dawdy, Doris, Artists of the American West: A Biographical Dictionary
McClelland, Gordon/Jay Last, The California Style Watercolor Artists 1925-1955
Falk, Peter Hastings, Who Was Who in American Art, Artists Active 1898-1947
Orr-Cahill, Christina, The Art of California, Selected Works/ Oakland Museum
Moure, Nancy Dustin Wall, Southern California Art, Publication 3, Dictionary
Opitz, Glenn, Dictionary of American Artists
Laguna Beach Museum, Southern California Artists, 1890-1940
Springville Museum of Art, Permanent Collection Catalog, Springville Museum of Art
Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge. Index of Artists, International Biographical
Klug, William L, Annual Exhibition of the John H Vanderpoel Art Association
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