The Library of Congress > Linked Data Service > LC Name Authority File (LCNAF)

Hallsten, Pehr, 1897-1965


  • URI(s)

  • Variants

    • Hallsten, Pehr, d. 1965
    • Pehr, 1897-1965
    • Hallstensson, Pehr, 1897-1965
    • Hallsten, Pehr Ulric, 1897-1965
    • Hallsten, Pehr Ulrik, 1897-1965
    • Hallstensson, Per, 1897-1965
    • Hallsten, Per Ulric, 1897-1965
    • Hallsten, Per Ulrik, 1897-1965

  • Identifies LC/NAF RWO

  • Identifies RWO

      • Exact Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

      • Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes

      • Earlier Established Forms

        • Hallsten, Pehr, d. 1965

      • Sources

        • found: NUCMC data from Univ. Wash. Lib. for Tobey, M. Papers, 1923-1976(painter Pehr Hallsten)
        • found: Rathbone, E.E. Mark Tobey, city paintings, 1984:p. 98 (Pehr Hallsten, Swede living in Ballard, Wash., met Tobey in 1939; subsequently shared a house with him in Seattle and later in Basel) p. 108 (d. Dec. 1965)
        • found: Pehr Hallsten papers finding aid, via Archives West, viewed online December 23, 2019:biographical note (Painter Pehr Hallsten (Per Ulric Hallsten) was born on July 4, 1897 in Hammerdal, Sweden; his surname was originally Hallstensson. He emigrated to the United States in 1920, and moved to Seattle in the 1930s. Fluent in seven or eight languages, he made a living teaching languages, working as a laborer, and for the WPA. In 1953 he graduated from the University of Washington; his M.A. thesis was a translation of Strindberg's Stora Landsvagen into English. He began to have success in the late '50s as a painter. Pehr was the companion of artist Mark Tobey, living together in Seattle, Washington and Basel, Switzerland. He died from diabetic complications in Basel, Switzerland on December 15, 1965) - http://archiveswest.orbiscascade.org/ark:/80444/xv72463
        • found: Wehr, Wesley. The eighth lively art, 2000:pages 45-46 (Pehr Hallsten; born in Hammardal, Jamtland in 1897; painted his first picture at age 56. Met Tobey around 1939, moved in together and continued to live together for twenty-five years)
        • found: Wehr, Wesley. The accidental collector, 2004:pages 88 (Pehr Hallsten; when they met in 1939 Pehr worked as a laborer, at time supporting himself and Tobey during their early years)
        • found: Early Tacoma Bahá'ís, May 11, 2009, via Tacoma Bahai website, viewed online December 23, 2019(Pehr Hallsten translated the Arabic portion of The Hidden Words of Bahá'u'lláh into Swedish, from Shoghi Effendi's English translation) - http://www.tacomabahai.org/2009/05/11/early-tacoma-bahais-elizabeth-johnson-part-3/
        • found: Seattle times, February 12, 1956, viewed online December 23, 2019:page 65 (Pehr (Per Hallsten) former Seattle language teacher, a recent practitioner in the painting field)
        • found: Tobey, Mark (1890-1976), via HistoryLink, December 23, 2019(Tobey was by then living with Pehr Hallsten (who was always referred to simply as Pehr)) - https://www.historylink.org/File/5217
        • found: Washington, Petitions for Naturalization, 1860-1991, via Ancestry website, viewed online December 23, 2019(Per Ulrik Hallstensson, age 26; occupation: bookkeeper; born Hammerdal, Sweden on 4 July 1897; resides Seattle Washington)
        • found: U.S. WWII Draft Cards Young Men, 1940-1947, via Ancestry website, viewed online December 23, 2019(Per Ulric Hallsten, birth date: 4 Jul 1897, Hammerdal, Sweden; residence place: Seattle; employer: WPA)

      • Editorial Notes

        • [URIs added to this record for the PCC URI MARC Pilot. Please do not remove or edit the URIs.]

      • Instance Of

      • Scheme Membership(s)

      • Collection Membership(s)

      • Change Notes

        • 1988-02-10: new
        • 2022-08-09: revised

      • Alternate Formats