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Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler was a German-born painter and art teacher who spent most of his career in the United States. Koehler was born in Hamburg; his family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1854. There he attended the historic German-English Academy. He apprenticed himself to a lithography firm. In 1871, he went to New York City and stayed to work as a lithographer. After studying drawing in the night classes of the National Academy of Design, Koehler went to Munich to study fine art at the Royal Academy in 1873. In 1879, he was able to return to Munich. Koehler's work while in Munich won him silver and bronze awards from the Academy, and Bavaria's Cross of the Order of St. Michael. Koehler then set himself up as head of a private art school. He began to exhibit in the National Academy, New York, in 1877. In 1885 he took charge of a private school of art in that city. He organized the American department of the international art exhibition at Munich in 1883, and was appointed by the Bavarian authorities to act in the same capacity in the exhibition of 1888. In 1892 Robert Koehler returned to New York City to work as a portrait artist. The following year he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, accepting an offer to be the director of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts (now the Minneapolis College of Art and Design). Koehler was also involved with the establishment of Minneapolis' Museum of Fine Art, now the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. He was a pioneer of art instruction and appreciation in the region. Koehler continued working in Minneapolis, painting portraits and landscapes, teaching painting, and arranging exhibitions. He retired as director in 1914.

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Date and place of birt:28 november 1850, Hamburg, Germany
Date and place of death:23 april 1917, Minneapolis, USA
Nationality:Germany, USA
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Artist, Landscape painter, Painter, Portraitist
Genre:Genre art, Landscape painting, Portrait, Rural landscape
Art style:Realism

Creators Germany

Wenzel August Hablik (1881 - 1934)
Wenzel August Hablik
1881 - 1934
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner (1880 - 1938)
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner
1880 - 1938
Peter Dreher (1932 - 2020)
Peter Dreher
1932 - 2020
Nick Mauss (1980)
Nick Mauss
1980
Curt Grolig (1805 - 1862)
Curt Grolig
1805 - 1862
Anton Müller-Wischin (1865 - 1949)
Anton Müller-Wischin
1865 - 1949
Rolf Escher (1936)
Rolf Escher
1936
August Lucas (1803 - 1863)
August Lucas
1803 - 1863
Johann Wilhelm Baur (1607 - 1640)
Johann Wilhelm Baur
1607 - 1640
Herman de Vries (1931)
Herman de Vries
1931
Karl Horst Hödicke (1938 - 2024)
Karl Horst Hödicke
1938 - 2024
Nicolaes Willingh (1640 - 1678)
Nicolaes Willingh
1640 - 1678
Max Doerner (1870 - 1939)
Max Doerner
1870 - 1939
Edmund Harburger (1846 - 1906)
Edmund Harburger
1846 - 1906
Rudolf Tewes (1879 - 1965)
Rudolf Tewes
1879 - 1965
Franz Xaver Zettler (1841 - 1916)
Franz Xaver Zettler
1841 - 1916

Creators Realism

Heinrich Heinlein (1803 - 1885)
Heinrich Heinlein
1803 - 1885
Sven Richard Bergh (1858 - 1919)
Sven Richard Bergh
1858 - 1919
Benjamin Champney (1817 - 1907)
Benjamin Champney
1817 - 1907
George Scharf (1820 - 1895)
George Scharf
1820 - 1895
Nikolai Nikolayevich Evreinov (1879 - 1953)
Nikolai Nikolayevich Evreinov
1879 - 1953
Pietro Annigoni (1910 - 1988)
Pietro Annigoni
1910 - 1988
Charles Rochussen (1814 - 1894)
Charles Rochussen
1814 - 1894
Aleksandr Evstafevich Gromov (1880 - 1968)
Aleksandr Evstafevich Gromov
1880 - 1968
Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky (1884 - 1939)
Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky
1884 - 1939
Ernst Anders (1845 - 1911)
Ernst Anders
1845 - 1911
Charles Heath (1785 - 1848)
Charles Heath
1785 - 1848
Johan Edvard Bergh (1828 - 1880)
Johan Edvard Bergh
1828 - 1880
Franz Bronstert (1895 - 1967)
Franz Bronstert
1895 - 1967
Herman Henstenburgh (1667 - 1726)
Herman Henstenburgh
1667 - 1726
Joaquin Dominguez Becker (1817 - 1879)
Joaquin Dominguez Becker
1817 - 1879
Hubertus (Huib) van Hove (1814 - 1865)
Hubertus (Huib) van Hove
1814 - 1865
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