John Ingvard Kjargaard

John Ingvard Kjargaard (September 13, 1902 – July 31, 1992) was a Danish-American painter, printmaker and collage artist.

He was born at Herning, Denmark and moved to the United States at an in advance age. He studied art at Cooper Union in New York City and continued his studies at the University of California, Berkeley, and higher with Josef Albers at the University of Hawaii. While yet a student, he went to comport yourself during summer vacation in the art department of a San Francisco engraving firm, which led to his Begin as a color etcher.

In 1937, he came to Honolulu below a year's covenant as a photo-engraver enthusiastic for Paradise of the Pacific magazine. He became a long-lasting employee of the perfect and remained in Hawaii. He exhibited annually at the Honolulu Academy of Arts from 1940. He was a researcher at University of Hawaii art department from 1968.

His acrylic upon canvas painting, On the Road to Hana, from 1976, is in the collection of the Honolulu Museum of Art. It demonstrates his semi-abstract style, which emphasizes the dealings of colors and the equal importance of determined and negative space. The Hawaii State Art Museum, the Honolulu Museum of Art, The Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.), and the Mint Museum of Art (Charlotte, North Carolina), and are in the course of the public collections holding undertaking by John Ingvard Kjargaard.