Danquart Anthon “Dan” Weggeland (1827 – 1918)

Danquart Anthon Weggeland occupies a foundational place in Utah art history. Born in 1827 in Tønsberg, Norway, he trained at the Royal Academy of Art in Copenhagen before emigrating to the United States as a young man. His early formation in European academic traditions—life drawing, history painting, disciplined […]