John Ingvard Kjargaard

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

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

In 1937, he came to Honolulu under a year's contract as a photo-engraver working for Paradise of the Pacific magazine. He became a permanent employee of the firm and remained in Hawaii. He exhibited annually at the Honolulu Academy of Arts from 1940. He was a teacher at University of Hawaii art department from 1968.

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 among the public collections holding work by John Ingvard Kjargaard.