Ferdinand Louis (Fritz) Schlemmer (1892-1947)
A portrait, still life and landscape painter, he was born and raised in Crawfordsville, Indiana, the son of Otto and Louise (Miller) Schlemmer. He enrolled in Wabash College but soon left to study art at the School of the Art Institute at Chicago.
In 1917, he was commissioned a first lieutenant, 89th Division of the United States Army and served as Divisional Camouflage Officer during the Meuse-Argonne Offensive in World War One.< (showing 500 of 1613 characters). |
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