Adam Lehr (1853-1924)
Known primarily as a still-life and landscape painter, Adam Lehr was born in Cleveland (Cuyahoga County), Ohio, on November 1, 1953. The son of John Lehr, a German-born shoemaker, he worked in his youth for a house painter, then found a more “artistic” job in 1872 with James Chubb, a sign and ornamental painter.
In 1874, De Scott Evans accepted him as a pupil, and a year or two later he began attending Archibald M. Willard’s even sketch clas (showing 500 of 2095 characters). |
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