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Bagge, Christian Ucherman
BORN: April 30, 1880 Tønsberg, Norway
DIED: August 17, 1932 Chicago
MARRIED: November 21, 1906 to Olivia Due, no children
TRAINING
School of Art and Handcrafts, Oslo, Norway, architecture
ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT
1909 Hired by Daniel Burnham, work on design of The Chicago Plan, probably most famous city plan in United States after Washington, D. C.i
Head draftsman, Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, Chicago. Responsible for drawings in Chicago of Union Depot, The Merchandise Mart and The Wrigley Building
TEACHING
RESIDENCES
1880-1903 Norway
1903-1932 Chicagoii
TRAVEL
London and Europe
MEMBERSHIPS/OFFICES
Art Institute of Chicago, Life member; Chicago Club; Chicago Norske Klub, Chicago Norwegian Technical Society; Palette & Chisel Club
HONORS
1922 Dr. Nils Remmen Prize, Norwegian-American Art Exhibit
1926 Chairman, Norwegian-American Art Exhibit annual
1926 Oscar H. Haugan Prize, Norwegian-American Art Exhibit
SELECTED JURIES SERVED
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Norwegian-American Art Exhibit 1920, 1922-1928, 1930
ONE, TWO OR THREE MAN EXHIBITIONS
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
INTERESTING NOTES
i“Christian Ucherman Bagge,” Norwegian American Technical Journal, April 1933, p.80c.
iiOdd S. Lovoll, A Century of Urban Life, (Norwegian-American Historical Association, 1988), p.193.