Christian F. Schwerdt, portrait painter and one of the oldest and most prosperous artists of Chicago, was born in Hesse-Cassel, Germany, on October 18,1836. His father was a physician, and young Schwerdt received a good preliminary education in the schools of his native place, also pursuing his art studies there.
In 1852, his father being dead, he moved to Cleveland, Ohio, with his mother, one of his uncles having previously located in that city. Mr. Schwerdt continued his st (showing 500 of 1798 characters). |
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