Background
Sonnichsen, Yngvar was born on March 9, 1875 in Christiania, Norway. Son of Sönke Postimus and Inga Mathea (Gran) Sonnichsen.
Sonnichsen, Yngvar was born on March 9, 1875 in Christiania, Norway. Son of Sönke Postimus and Inga Mathea (Gran) Sonnichsen.
Graduate Polytechnic School, Christiania, 1894. Student art, Royal Academy, Antwerp and Brussels, and Academy Julian, Paris, 1895-1899.
Came to Canada, 1904, to Seattle, Washington, 1908. Painter of portraits, landscapes and mural decorations. Exhibited annually in Norway, 1900-1904.
At International Exposition, Saint John, North.B., 1906 (1st prize).
Seattle Exposition, 1909 (gold medal and silver medal). Island Club of Arts and Crafts, Victoria, British Columbia
“one man” show, Art Association, Seattle, et cetera Principal works: Portraits of Ole Bulletin, the violinist.
Edvard Grieg, the Norwegian composer.
Captain Roald Amundsen, the Arctic explorer. Mural decorations, Norway Hall, Seattle. Landscapes of Southeastern Alaska.
Engaged by Civil Works Administration to paint landscapes for public schools of Seattle, December 1933-March 1934.
Member Norwegian Lutheran Church.
Married Agnes Gunhilde Anderson, August 28, 1908 (died 1913).