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Ad Code: 3
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from Auction House Records.
bei Bernied Starnberger See, befestigte Bootsanlegestelle, Treppe zum Ufer flankiert von 2 Sphingen unter Bäumen, rechts Blick über den abendlich erhellten See bis hin zum Alpenpanorama
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
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Born in Nurenberg, Germany, Carl Schltheiss was known for his etching skills. He received his early art education in Germany and came to the United States in the 1930s. His reputation began in this country with his 1938 exhibition of etchings at The Art Institute of Chicago. From then on, he won numerous prizes for his etchings and served as Honorary President of the Society of American Graphic Artists. |
Biography from Whistler House Museum of Art:
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The following is from Peter Kostoulakos, ISA ˜ Fine Art Consultant
www.pkart.com
Carl (Karl) Max Schultheiss
1885-1961
Carl Max Schultheiss — painter, illustrator, engraver, and etcher — was born on August 4, 1885 in Nurememberg, Germany and died in 1961 in Kew Gardens, NY. He was an active artist from 1914 to the 1950s creating landscapes, genre, rivers, and figures. Schultheiss' early art training took place in Germany before he immigrated to the United States sometime in the 1930s.
Schultheiss was a member of the Audubon Artists in New York City; the Society of American Etchers in Brooklyn, NY; and an Associate member of the National Academy of Design in New York City. He exhibited with the Carnegie Institute in 1914, 1944, and 1945; the Art Institute of Chicago in 1938; the National Academy of Design from 1940 to 1946; a one-man show at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC in 1946; the Society of American Etchers, annually; prizes at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC in 1943, 1944, and 1945; a prize at the Laguna Beach Art Association in 1946; and a prize at Wichita Kansas in 1946.
Schultheiss' work is represented in the collections of the Whistler House Museum of Art in Lowell, MA; the Library of Congress; the Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile, AL; the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta, GA; the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, NM; the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma, WA; the San Diego Museum of Art; and the New York Public Library.
References: Who Was Who in American Art, vol. I, page 552; Davenport's Art Reference 2001/2002, page 1660; Mallett (Supplement), page 250; Dealer's Choice Biographical Encyclopedia of American Painters... page 1225; Whistler House Museum of Art files.
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