BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FOR Karl E Jensen
Note: The following information was accumulated by John Geiger from diverse resources over more than 20 years. The extent of record entry varies from individual to individual. Birth date rarely occurs, for example, while date of death is more frequently recorded. Sources may be cited in footnotes or otherwise commented by Geiger. Sometimes such notes may be indicated that are not present in the comments. Unless otherwise indicated, dates of arrival or departure are annualized (e.g. as being any time between January 1 and December 31 of any year). Sometimes dates are given for month and/or day; these may have ambiguous or unknown values indicated by John Geiger with question marks.
Dates of residence in Taliesin Fellowship: 1930-1935.
Primary Geiger Database Record Number for this individual: #1495.
Comments and Citations by John Geiger
Comment field 1: (a) Kassler: Mr W secretary. "...until Karl E Jensen from Denmark, by way of New York City, appeared on the scene in late 1930...". Letter from Cronon, #1193, dated July 9, 1988, to Bruce Pfieffer, Frank Lloyd Wright Archives..Comment field 2: (a) Cronon letter to Pfeiffer dated 07/09/88 in FLLW archives (1) Herbert Fritz says Jensen was from Basel, Switzerkand. At Taliesin, p. 131. John W. Geiger 3/09/07.
Identification code categories:
Considered an Honorary Fellow (e.g., served in the Wright studio before 1932).
Recorded as one of the Taliesin Men.
Member of the Taliesin Fellowship community.