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Holger Cahill
Icelandic-American curator, writer and arts administrator (–)
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Holger Cahill on February 15, | |
| Born | Sveinn Kristján Bjarnason 13 January Skógarströnd, Iceland |
| Died | 8 July &#;() (aged&#;73) |
| Occupation | Art administrator Art curator Writer |
| Citizenship | American |
Sveinn Kristjan Bjarnarsson (January 13, – July 8, ), also known as Edgar Holger Cahill, was an Icelandic-American curator, writer and arts administrator.
He served as the national director of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration during the New Deal in the United States.[1][2]
Biography
Cahill was born Sveinn Kristjan Bjarnarsson in Skógarströnd, Iceland on January 13, [1]
Cahill's Icelandic family migrated to Canada in about and then to North Dakota as homesteaders, anglicizing their name to Bjornson and eventually, Johnson, although they continued to speak Icelandic at home.
Extreme poverty, lack of form