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Magnus Colcord Heurlin
Magnus Colcord "Rusty" Heurlin, 1895-1986, was born in Christanstad, Sweden, to American parents and raised in Wakefield, Massachusetts. He attended art classes at the Fenway School of Illustration in Boston. He first came to Alaska in 1916, to Valdez, but left the state during World War I. He returned to Alaska in 1924 and moved to the village of Ester, where he resided until his death. Heurlin was known for his pastel palette and luminous skies, and influenced many later Alaska artists.
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