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| | Born Cincinnati . Painter, specialized in portraits and panoramas. Came to Topeka to visit his son-in-law, Chris Bernhard, and do some work. Painted portraits of 232 Lincoln, Harriet Beacher Stowe, Bishop McIlvane, John Brown, Governor A. H. Reeder and others. His portraits of John Brown and Governor A. H. Reeder were purchased by the House and Senate. At one point he was collecting material for a historical picture of early Kansas. He also collaborated with William Louis Sonntag on a large panorama of Milton's Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained. | Source:
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Susan Craig, "Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945)"
Wyandotte Gazette (Feb. 4,1881); Topeka Cap & Topeka J (Topeka Capital, Topeka J (aka Topeka J) newspapers—usually reports of the Kansas Artists Exhibition 1st= Topeka Cap Nov. 11, 1925 9th= Topeka J Nov. 11, 1933 2nd= Topeka Cap Nov. 10, 1926 10th= Topeka J Nov. 10, 1934 3rd= Topeka J Nov. 19, 1927 11th= Topeka J Jan. 7, 1936 4th= Topeka J Nov. 3, 1928 12th= Topeka J Nov. 11 & 14, 1936 5th= Topeka J Nov. 2, 1929 14th= Topeka J Jan. 22, 1938 6th= Topeka J Oct. 18 & Nov. 1, 1930 15th= Topeka J Mar. 10, 1939 7th= Topeka J Oct. 24, 1931 16th= Topeka J Feb. 2 & 10, 1940 8th= Topeka J Oct. 22, 1932 17th= Topeka J Mar. 8 & 17, 1941). (Feb. 2,1881); AskArt, www.askart.com, accessed Dec. 23, 2005. | | This and over 1,750 other biographies can be found in Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945) compiled by Susan V. Craig, Art & Architecture Librarian at University of Kansas. |
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