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The Four-Leafed Clover TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Illustrations …………………………………………………. 4 Foreword …………………………………………………………… 5 Introduction ……………………………………………………….... 6 PART I: VIGGO …………………………………………………... 9 Chapter 1: Childhood in Denmark ……………………………….... 11 Chapter 2: Love and the Army …………………………………….. 19 Chapter 3: The Wilderness ……………………………………….... 25 Chapter 4: England ………………………………………………… 35 Chapter 5: Paris ……………………………………………………. 40 Chapter 6: America ………………………………………………... 46 Chapter 7: Remarriage .……………………………………………. 54 PART II: PATT …………………………………………………… 63 Chapter 8: The Black Sheep ………………………………………. 65 Chapter 9: The Terrible Teens …………………………………….. 73 Chapter 10: Growing Up …………………………………………... 78 Chapter 11: Professionally Speaking ……………………………… 82 Chapter 12: Marriage ……………………………………………… 87 Chapter 13: Readjustment …………………………………………. 98 PART III: VIGGO & PATT ………………………………………. 105 Chapter 14: Love Again ………………………………………….... 107 Chapter 15: A New Life Begins ………………………………….... 111 Chapter 16: Elverhoy ……………………………………………… 123 Chapter 17: Goodbye, Viggo ……………………………………… 137 APPENDICES ……………………………………………………... 143 Appendix I: Letters during engagement …………………………... 145 Appendix II: Letters during final illness …………………………... 158 Appendix III: Patt's Jottings – On Art …………………………….. 167 Appendix IV: Patt's Jottings – Alone at Elverhoy ………………… 175 Afterword: The Latchstring, by David Brandt-Erichsen ………….. 179 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Viggo Brandt-Erichsen Self Portrait Woodcut (cover) …………….. 1 Viggo Brandt-Erichsen ……………………………………….......... 9 Woodcut "The Creation of Eve" …………………………………… 10 Copper altarpiece, 1926 (color) ……………………………………. 45 Dorothy Caldwell Memorial (color) ……………………………….. 49 World War I Memorial "Buddies" (color) …………………………. 51 Mermaid fountain model …………………………………………… 57 Viggo, Joan, and baby Thor ………………………………………... 61 Martha Mott "Patt" Brandt-Erichsen ……………………………….. 63 Fawns and Nymph, by Martha Mott ……………………………….. 64 Grace Bigelow and Charles Henry Davis ………………………….. 66 The Ride of the Valkyries, by Martha Mott ………………………... 83 "Pan" from The Crock of Gold, by Martha Mott …………………... 85 "Star Dawn" by Martha Mott (color) ………………………………. 90 Elverhoy, 1953 ……………………………………………………... 105 Martha Mott paints son David ……………………………………... 106 Gravesite memorial for Joan Brandt-Erichsen ……………………... 107 World War II Memorial model …………………………………….. 115 Ferdinand (color) .………………………………………………….. 117 "Churchahilla" ……………………………………………………… 119 World War II Memorial, Jaffrey …………………………………… 122 Elverhoy front door with latchstring (color) ……………………….. 130 Ranchero sculpture …………………………………………………. 132 Terra cotta horse during Elverhoy construction ……………………. 133 Elverhoy living room ………………………………………………. 134 Elverhoy kitchen …………………………………………………… 134 Viggo at end of ride with the Rancheros Visitadores ……………… 135 Viggo rides with the Rancheros Visitadores ………………………. 136 Viggo and Mermaid ………………………………………………... 143 "Fire" by Martha Mott (color) ……………………………………… 144 Viggo Brandt-Erichsen (end piece) ………………………………… 181 FOREWORD My grateful thanks to Catherine Marshall for her fine example of faith and courage in the face of death, which brought me the strength and determination to let my grief become a source of inspiration and spiritual experience, rather than an excuse for prolonged mourning. When a loved one dies we suffer such a tremendous feeling of agony and loss that we are apt to forget that, to those who have gone on, it may be only the beginning of an awakening into a far greater spiritual life than we know. My thanks to Marjorie Draper for sending me the book A Man Called Peter at such a time, and to Viggo and Cora Tarnow for reading my manuscript and encouraging me. Also, grateful acknowledgements are extended to the following friends for their help in furnishing additional material: Mr. Aage Brandt-Erichsen, Denmark Mrs. Ella Kirby, England Mr. Alexander Magoun, Jaffrey, N. H. Mrs. Theresa Tiffany (Joan's sister) Miss Isabel Lerned (Thor's Godmother) Martha Brandt-Erichsen 1962 5 INTRODUCTION In starting the pages of this book, I hope to be able to convey to the reader a little of the charm, humor and gentle artistic nature of a man and artist, whose life held its fair share of adventure, love and sorrow. One of his most outstanding character traits was a keen sense of humor which frequently served to cover up his deeper feelings. He was kind and gentle to his fellow human beings, especially where women, or the sick or unfortunate were concerned. He had enormous energy, but he never hurried. He was able to do almost anything with his hands, except, by his own confession, play the piano. His observation was so keen that after watching a man do his work, no matter what it was or if he knew anything of that work or not, he could still do likewise. He used his hands tremendously skillfully, in spite of the fact that his fingers were extremely stiff and bent, due to severe burns. Up until the year of his death, his figure was lithe and strong and slim like a young man. He was intensely athletic and enjoyed sports, games and gymnastics. His hands were remarkably strong. Being a supreme optimist, he believed that nothing was impossible to attain. He was the life of any party, and had an unusual ability to entertain others, while enjoying it immensely himself. He could do hundreds of tricks and stunts, besides quantities of sleight-of-hand feats. He had merry, very blue eyes, deep dimples and an ever present smile. His speech was soft, drawling and hesitant in any language. Perhaps this was due to his lack of confidence in his ability to express himself, which in fact was more than adequate. In his last years, he wrote some articles for the newspaper which were very poetic and expressively written. He was very independent in thought and action, but at the same time he took great pleasure in his home and family and depended on the warmth, love and comfort he received from them. On the other hand, he was always the gallant gentleman to any lady, and the idolizer and protector of the female. He was, therefore, very 6 attractive to women, especially in America, where the "hail fellow well met" attitude is so common. He had a remarkable memory for facts and dates, high moral standards and a great love of animals. He was invariably the winner at games, and in all things he believed luck would be with him; and it so often was, that he was able to discount the times when it was not. Perhaps because of his own skills and talents, he expected a great deal from his family, but at the same time he seemed to consider them to be quite perfect. He actually seemed to be the happiest when he could be of service to others and never seemed to have resented the many years he had had to sacrifice his Art to nurse an invalid wife. His warm, glowing, outgoing personality came to its full flower when he moved to California. All his reserves seemed to vanish and the happy uninhibited human being glowed. Until his illness, I believe he was supremely happy, beloved of all who knew him. Because he was somebody unique and very lovable, and because the adventure of his life was unusual, I am telling his story. It is written with love and tender admiration for a beloved spirit, whose life has made the world with which he came in contact a better place to live in. 7 Part I Viggo 9 Woodcut "The Creation of Eve" by Viggo Brandt-Erichsen. 10 CHAPTER 1 CHILDHOOD IN DENMARK On April twenty-fifth, 1896, in Faxe, Southern Denmark, Viggo Axel Brandt-Erichsen was born. He joined an older brother, Aage, and a sister, Margretha (Gretha). In a few years, Viggo was followed by another sister, Else. The four children were very strictly brought up, for Mr. and Mrs. Brandt-Erichsen believed in something that is almost unheard of in America today, namely that children should be seen and not heard. This rule was particularly carried out at meal times and the good old fashioned method of spanking was the usual punishment for misbehaviors. It must have worked well, at least with Viggo, for he only remembered having been treated with justice and fairness at all times. When Viggo was two, his mother made a half-joking prediction of his future when she saw him sitting in the garden playing with a lump of clay. He was shaping saucepans, kettles, and even a small kitchen stove out of it. Some friends who had come in for tea were quite impressed, and his mother laughingly remarked that someday he might become a sculptor. In spite of showing such an early aptitude with his hands, Viggo was very slow in learning to talk. Gretha was much-disgusted with him when at six years old he was still using baby talk. She tried her best to make him do better. One day she dressed him in her most beautiful blue velvet dress and sent him outside to play with the neighboring boys, saying that he would have to wear the dress until he could talk properly. Gretha hoped that the boys would tease Viggo and that he would improve in order to take off the dress. She had not counted on Viggo's disposition. When the other boys teased him, he scarcely noticed, so they finally stopped and let Viggo play with them happily all day. On his return, the once lovely dress was completely ruined. When this effort failed Gretha tried tying him to the living room sofa, with little better success. Apparently spanking was not the only method of discipline used on the little Brandt-Erichsens, for one very cold night Viggo and Aage, who slept together, were having a pillow fight instead of going nicely to sleep. Their bedroom was somewhat warm, but 11 CHAPTER 1 outside on the landing it was freezing. Papa B-E came upstairs and grabbed both boys by their pajamas and stood them out on the landing until their teeth chattered. They were quite ready to go to sleep when they were finally permitted to go back to bed. One of Viggo's unlucky days was when he and Aage wandered to a nearby stone quarry. Viggo went too near the edge and lost his balance, falling some twenty feet and knocking himself unconscious with a nice cut on his head, while Aage went screaming home for help.
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