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Magnus Colcord Heurlin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Magnus Colcord "Rusty" Heurlin, July 5, 1895 - March 10, 1986, was born in Christanstad, Sweden, to American parents, Berndt Felix Heurlin and Sophie Bjorklund, and was raised in Wakefield, Massachusetts after the family returned to the U.S. in 1896. |
 | | Heurlin taught the first art classes at the University of Alaska Fairbanks in the 1950s, and received an honorary doctorate from the university in 1971. |
 | | Heurlin was known for his pastel palette and luminous skies, and influenced many later Alaska artists, such as Fred Machetanz. |
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