Background
Yens, Karl was born on January 11, 1868 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Christian Karl and Ottilie (Paech) J.
Yens, Karl was born on January 11, 1868 in Hamburg, Germany. Son of Christian Karl and Ottilie (Paech) J.
Apprentice mural and decorative arts, 1884-1887. Art student Koniglich Kunst Gewerbe Museum, Germany, 1887-1889.
Dan Huntington Fenn), Otto, Elizabeth. Married second, Kate Petry (deceased). Married 3d, Elsie (Wiesner) Manz, September 1926.
Came to the United States, 1901, naturalized, 1916.
Mural, portrait, landscape, flower painter, North.E., 1901-1905, Washington, 1905-1906, New York City, 1907-1910, Pasadena and Los Angeles, 1910-1918, Laguna Beach, California, since 1918. Murals or paintings in City Hall, Altona, Germany.
Country Club, Brookline, Massachusetts. Duquesne Club, Pittsburgh.
Astor Theater, New York City.
Represented in the Museum of History, Science and Art, and William Henry Russell Collection, Los Los Angeles Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego. Vanderpoel Art Association, Chicago.
High School, San Pedro, California.
Charles West. Bowers Memorial Museum, Santa Ana Orange Court, Golden Gate International Exposition, Library of United States Naval Hospital, Corona, California.
Member Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Married Helene Grote, 1897 (died 1907). Married second, Kate Petry (deceased). Children: Anna (wife of Review.