BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20180818T190000Z DTEND:20180818T200000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Herbjørn Gausta- "Artist from Telemark" DESCRIPTION:Born on June 16\, 1854 on the Gausta farm in Vestfj rddalen\, Telemark\, Norway\, Herbj rn Nilsen Gausta immigrated with his family to America at age twelve. He settled with his parents and four sisters on a farm hear Harmony\, Minnesota. Gausta entered a training program for parochial school teachers at Luther College in 1872\, but left for Norway three years later on a stipend provided by the Decorah community under the leadership of U.V. Koren. Throughout the late 1800s\, Gausta traveled between Norway and the Upper Midwest\, painting portraits of prominent Norwegian-American individuals\, religious works\, and genre scenes depicting life in the two regions. Elaine Nordlie\, a long- time member of Telelag\, an organization for those whose ancestors immigrated from Telemark has researched this artist and will tell the audience more about his life and career. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Born on June 16\, 1854 on the Gausta farm in Vestfjø\;rddalen\, Telemark\, Norway\, Herbjø\;rn Nilsen Gausta immigrated with his family to America at age twelve. He settled with his parents and four sisters on a farm hear Harmony\, Minnesota. Gausta entered a training program for parochial school teachers at Luther College in 1872\, but left for Norway three years later on a stipend provided by the Decorah community under the leadership of U.V. Koren. Throughout the late 1800s\, Gausta traveled between Norway and the Upper Midwest\, painting portraits of prominent Norwegian-American individuals\, religious works\, and genre scenes depicting life in the two regions. Elaine Nordlie\, a long- time member of Telelag\, an organization for those whose ancestors immigrated from Telemark has researched this artist and will tell the audience more about his life and career. LOCATION:Livsreise-Norwegian Heritage Center 277 W. Main St. Stoughton\, WI 53589 UID:e.3020.3671 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260412T115347Z URL:https://www.stoughtonwi.com/events/details/herbjørn-gausta-artist-from-telemark-3671 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR