Born in July of 1900, artist Henry Lorentzen loved the North Dakota terrain, the Missouri River and the Native American scenes that reflected a peaceful daily lifestyle. Having seen many “Kodak moments”, as a young boy, but without means to capture them, he developed a burning desire to recreate beloved images with brush, canvas and paint. Henry worked from memory into his 97th year to consistently produce the pictures that were displayed in his mind. Working each day and rarely leaving home for travel, he hastened to preserve, on canvas, his memories of North Dakota and a chapter in history that was quickly drawing to a close.
