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| | Born in San Francisco, CA on April 11, 1872. Rockwitz was a lifelong resident of San Francisco. He studied there for five years at the Mark Hopkins Art Institute. A veteran of the Spanish-American War, he then worked for 55 years for Strecher-Traung Lithographers. He died on Dec. 29, 1961. | Source:
Edan Hughes, "Artists in California, 1786-1940"
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