C. Hjalmar Amundsen
American, 1911 - 2001
Not so long ago you may have seen a scruffy looking denizen of a Sag Harbor watering hole and wondered what his story was. If you turned to the regular on the bar stool next to you and asked about him, your fellow patron may have said, "oh, I think he paints seascapes" or "just some old sailor" or possibly something less flattering. In reality though, you would have been looking at an artist who had lived a legendary life among New York City's 20th century painting giants. An excellent book written by Terry Wallace describes his amazing life. C. Hjalmar Amundsen was born Casper Hjalmar Emerson, III in New York City in 1911. He was known as "Cappy" and passed away in relative obscurity in 2001.
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