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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.

Wikipedia

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

Paul Klee (1879 - 1940)
Paul Klee
1879 - 1940
Gregor von Bochmann (1850 - 1930)
Gregor von Bochmann
1850 - 1930
Rudolf Rehbeil (1904 - 1984)
Rudolf Rehbeil
1904 - 1984
Lothar Fischer (1933 - 2004)
Lothar Fischer
1933 - 2004
August Tischbein (1750 - 1812)
August Tischbein
1750 - 1812
Christian Berentz (1658 - 1722)
Christian Berentz
1658 - 1722
Otto Ottler (1891 - 1965)
Otto Ottler
1891 - 1965
Sabine Lepsius (1864 - 1942)
Sabine Lepsius
1864 - 1942
Ferdinand Liebermann (1883 - 1941)
Ferdinand Liebermann
1883 - 1941
Jost Amman (1539 - 1591)
Jost Amman
1539 - 1591
Lea Grundig (1906 - 1977)
Lea Grundig
1906 - 1977
Till Warwas (1962)
Till Warwas
1962
Johann Bernard Klombeck (1815 - 1893)
Johann Bernard Klombeck
1815 - 1893
Ulrich Hübner (1872 - 1932)
Ulrich Hübner
1872 - 1932
Arno Backhaus (1952)
Arno Backhaus
1952
Adalbert Begas (1836 - 1888)
Adalbert Begas
1836 - 1888

Creators Realism

Julien Caussé (1869 - 1914)
Julien Caussé
1869 - 1914
Gregor von Bochmann (1850 - 1930)
Gregor von Bochmann
1850 - 1930
Cornelis Pronk (1691 - 1759)
Cornelis Pronk
1691 - 1759
Polydore de Bec (1799 - 1874)
Polydore de Bec
1799 - 1874
Franz Alt (1821 - 1914)
Franz Alt
1821 - 1914
Arthur Uecker-Fensloff (1881 - 1934)
Arthur Uecker-Fensloff
1881 - 1934
Johanna Elisabeth (Betsy) Repelius (1848 - 1921)
Johanna Elisabeth (Betsy) Repelius
1848 - 1921
Ignotas Mauricijus Ščedrauskas (1815 - 1871)
Ignotas Mauricijus Ščedrauskas
1815 - 1871
Mike Bayne (1977)
Mike Bayne
1977
Karl Josef Müller (1865 - 1942)
Karl Josef Müller
1865 - 1942
Georg Urlaub (1844 - 1914)
Georg Urlaub
1844 - 1914
Charles Rochussen (1814 - 1894)
Charles Rochussen
1814 - 1894
Georg Hugo Mathis (1895 - 1952)
Georg Hugo Mathis
1895 - 1952
Vladimir Konstantinovich Labutov (1949)
Vladimir Konstantinovich Labutov
1949
Howard Pyle (1853 - 1911)
Howard Pyle
1853 - 1911
Sergey Nikolaevich Andryaka (1958)
Sergey Nikolaevich Andryaka
1958
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