AMERICAN

Carl Henrik Jonnevold (1856-1955) was born in Norway on June 1, 1856. He came to America during the 1880s. While still in his twenties, he painted in the Northwest and, in 1887, went south to San Francisco where he for years had a studio near 16th and California. Jonnevold is said to have left San Francisco rather abruptly in 1930 after a confrontation with his landlord and a two-month jail sentence that followed.His departure was so decisive that many in the art world thought he had died, and have given that year as the date of his death. Already in his mid-70s at that time, he is not known to have produced further work.r years had a studio near 16th and California Streets.