Johan Bull
Johan Bull (November 22, 1893 – September 12, 1945) was an American painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Bull was born in Oslo, Norway, the son of Ole Bull and Kaja Steenberg Bull of Stange, Norway.
Johan Bull
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- Name
- Johan Bull
- Occupation
- Painter
- Born
- 22 November 1893
- Birthplace
- Oslo, Norway
- Died
- 12 September 1945
- Place of death
- Stowe, Vermont, United States
- Nationality
- Norway
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Johan Bull (November 22, 1893 – September 12, 1945) was an American painter. His work was part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics. Bull was born in Oslo, Norway, the son of Ole Bull and Kaja Steenberg Bull of Stange, Norway.
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He was the grandnephew of the violinist Ole Bull. Bull emigrated to the United States in 1925. He worked on the staff of The New Yorker. He and his wife, Sonja Geelmuyden Bull (1898–1991), settled at Stowe, Vermont in 1941, where Bull operated a girls' school together with Countess Susie Sparre. He died at his summer home in Stowe, Vermont in 1945.
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• Name — Johan Bull • Occupation — Painter • Born — 22 November 1893 • Birthplace — Oslo, Norway • Died — 12 September 1945 • Place of death — Stowe, Vermont, United States
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1893
Johan Bull born at Oslo.
1937
THE DIARY OF SELMA LAGERLOF. TRANSLATED BY VELMA SWANSTON HOWARD. ILLUSTRATED BY JOHAN BULL. (1937) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1945
Johan Bull died.
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