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Gustavus Johann Grunewald BIOGRAPHY
1805 Gnadau, Germany - 1878 Gnadenburg, Germany. Known for: Landscape, genre, dogs.
A landscape painter whose work seemed more European than American, he immigrated in 1831 to the United States from Moravia in Central Europe, settling first in Philadelphia and two years later in... Read full biography
A landscape painter whose work seemed more European than American, he immigrated in 1831 to the United States from Moravia in Central Europe, settling first in Philadelphia and two years later in Bethlehem, where his family became part of the Moravian community. He became an instructor at the... Read full biography
A landscape painter whose work seemed more European than American, he immigrated in 1831 to the United States from Moravia in Central Europe, settling first in Philadelphia and two years later in Bethlehem, where his family became part of the Moravian community. He became an instructor at the nationally prominent Moravian Seminary for Young ladies and supplemented his income by teaching privately and drawing needlework designs. He sold pictures in New York City through the Apollo Association,... Read full biography
A landscape painter whose work seemed more European than American, he immigrated in 1831 to the United States from Moravia in Central Europe, settling first in Philadelphia and two years later in Bethlehem, where his family became part of the Moravian community. He became an instructor at the nationally prominent Moravian Seminary for Young ladies and supplemented his income by teaching privately and drawing needlework designs. He sold pictures in New York City through the Apollo Association, which became the American Art Union, and through the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He had studied at the Dresden Art Academy from 1820 to 1823 with Caspar David Friederick, an innovator in the new school of German landscape... Read full biography
A landscape painter whose work seemed more European than American, he immigrated in 1831 to the United States from Moravia in Central Europe, settling first in Philadelphia and two years later in Bethlehem, where his family became part of the Moravian community. He became an instructor at the nationally prominent Moravian Seminary for Young ladies and supplemented his income by teaching privately and drawing needlework designs. He sold pictures in New York City through the Apollo Association, which became the American Art Union, and through the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. He had studied at the Dresden Art Academy from 1820 to 1823 with Caspar David Friederick, an innovator in the new school of German landscape painting. From him Grunewald learned the use of brilliant color and contrasting light for emotional effect. After army service, Grunewald... Read full biography
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Gustavus Greenwald
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A landscape painter whose work seemed more European than American, he immigrated in 1831 to the United States from Moravia in Central Europe, settling first in Philadelphia and two years later in Bethlehem, where his family became part of the Moravian community.
He became an instructor at the nationally prominent Moravian Seminary for Young ladies and supplemented his income by teaching privately and drawing needlework designs. He sold pictures in New York City through the Apollo Association, which became the American Art Union, and through the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia.
He had studied at the Dresden Art Academy from 1820 to 1823 with Caspar David Friederick, an innovator in the new school of Germa...But wait, there's more...
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