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 Karl Itschner (1868-1952)
Born in Oetikon, Switzerland on July 5, 1868, he became best known for his idealized depiction of children with art nouveau elements. From 1920 on, Itschner also painted landscapes.
He was a business apprentice from 1885 to 1888 in Winterthur but left for the United States to become a sample designer at a factory owned by relatives in Philadelphia. From 1891 on he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, earning a living by working at night as a drawing specialist for newspapers, an architect and detective.
In 1895, Itschner returned home via Paris, France. Two years later he returned to Paris and studied at the Julian and Colarossi Academies where he was a pupil of Benjamin Constant and Louis Auguste Girardot. Subsequently, he traveled to London, England, and worked in Munich, Germany as a newspaper illustrator from 1898 to 1910. There he was friends with Ernst Kreidolf, Wilhelm Balmer and Albert Welti.
He returned to Switzerland and served as art teacher at the teachers' seminary in Küsnacht from 1910 to 1936. In 1938, he made Solothurn his permanent residence and died there on May 21, 1953.
Source:
Historical Dictionary of Switzerland
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