This biography from the Archives of AskART:
| | Born in Germany on Jan. 25, 1829. Beguhl moved to San Francisco about 1862. During the 1870s he decorated many of the mansions on Nob Hill for the nouveaux riches. Most of his frescoes went up in flames in the disaster of 1906. Following the earthquake and fire, he moved across the bay to Berkeley into a home at 1927 Addison. Beguhl died there on June 15, 1912. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
Census; City Directory; Death record; SF Call, 6-16-1912 (obituary). | | Nearly 20,000 biographies can be found in Artists in California 1786-1940 by Edan Hughes and is available for sale ($150). For a full book description and order information please click here. |
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