Background
Jensen, Alfred Julius was born on December 11, 1903 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Son of Peter and Anna (Shipke) Jensen.
Jensen, Alfred Julius was born on December 11, 1903 in Guatemala City, Guatemala. Son of Peter and Anna (Shipke) Jensen.
Studied at Horsholn, Denmark, 1910-1919, with Hans Hofmann, 1927-1928. Student Ecole Scandinave, Paris, 1929-1934, Fine Arts Museum, San Diego, 1925-1926.
Came to the United States, 1934. One-man shows: Tanager Gallery, 1955, Bertha Schaefer Gallery, 1957, Martha Jackson Gallery, 1959, 61, Guggenheim Museum, 1961, Graham Gallery, 1962, 64, 65, Fairleigh-Dickinson University, 1963, Kornfeld and Klipstein, Berne, Switzerland, 1963, 75, Kunsthalle, Basel, Switzerland, 1964, 75, Rolf Nelson Gallery, Los Angeles, 1964, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, 1964, Royal Marks Gallery, 1966, Galerie Ziegler, Zurich, Switzerland, 1966, Cordier and Ekstrom, 1967, 69, Pace Gallery, 1972, 73, 84, Kestner-Gessellschaft, Hannover, Germany, 1973, Museum Louisiana, Humbleback, Denmark, 1973, Kunsthalle, Baden Baden, Germany, 1973, Kunsthalle, Dusseldorf, Germany, 1973, Kunsthalle, Bern, 1973, Kunsthalle, Basel, 1975, Galerie Kornfeld, Zurich, 1977, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 1978, New Museum, New York City, 1978, Guggenheim Museum, 1985. Exhibited numerous group shows, from 1954, including Institute Contemporary Art, Boston, 1960, Saint Louis City Art Museum, 1960, The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, 1961, Guggenheim Museum, 1961, Corcoran Gallery Art, Washington, 1962, Whitney Museum American Art, 1962, 63, 66, 71, San Francisco Museum Art, 1963, National Gallery Art, Washington, 1963, Los Angeles County Museum, 1964, Venice Biennale, 1964, 78, Brown University, 1965, Sao Paulo (Brazil) Biennial, 1977.
Represented in permanent collections: Museum Modern Art, New York City, Rose Art Museum, Brandeis, Dayton Art Museum, Whitney Museum American Art, New York City, Chase Manhattan Bank, New York City, Time, Incorporated., New York City, American Republican Insurance Company, Des Moines, Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Hayes Galleries, New York City, also numerous private collections.
Ford Foundation grantee, summer 1965. Home: Glen Ridge, New Jersey.
Married Regina Bogat, November 12, 1963. Children: Anna Bogat, Peter Bogat.