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Harry Shokler BIOGRAPHY
1896 Cincinnati, Ohio - 1978 Hanover, New Hampshire. Known for: Graphics, painter sea-townscape.
Harry Shokler (1896-1978). Harry Shokler was born in Cincinnati in 1896 to Yiddish-speaking, Russian immigrant parents, Kalman and Ida Shokler. They had immigrated separately to the United States and... Read full biography
Harry Shokler (1896-1978). Harry Shokler was born in Cincinnati in 1896 to Yiddish-speaking, Russian immigrant parents, Kalman and Ida Shokler. They had immigrated separately to the United States and married in 1888. Harry was the fourth of eight children. His father became a furrier by 1910, and a... Read full biography
Harry Shokler (1896-1978). Harry Shokler was born in Cincinnati in 1896 to Yiddish-speaking, Russian immigrant parents, Kalman and Ida Shokler. They had immigrated separately to the United States and married in 1888. Harry was the fourth of eight children. His father became a furrier by 1910, and a daughter and son followed him into the business. Kalman Shokler also wanted Harry to also become a furrier, but once he understood that 12-year old Harry wanted to be an artist, he gave him his... Read full biography
Harry Shokler (1896-1978). Harry Shokler was born in Cincinnati in 1896 to Yiddish-speaking, Russian immigrant parents, Kalman and Ida Shokler. They had immigrated separately to the United States and married in 1888. Harry was the fourth of eight children. His father became a furrier by 1910, and a daughter and son followed him into the business. Kalman Shokler also wanted Harry to also become a furrier, but once he understood that 12-year old Harry wanted to be an artist, he gave him his blessing. Harry Shokler enrolled at the Cincinnati Art Academy and later at the School of Fine and Applied Art in New York City. In New York he was befriended by a well known syndicated columnist, Jim Allison, who arranged fro some celebrity friends to be... Read full biography
Harry Shokler (1896-1978). Harry Shokler was born in Cincinnati in 1896 to Yiddish-speaking, Russian immigrant parents, Kalman and Ida Shokler. They had immigrated separately to the United States and married in 1888. Harry was the fourth of eight children. His father became a furrier by 1910, and a daughter and son followed him into the business. Kalman Shokler also wanted Harry to also become a furrier, but once he understood that 12-year old Harry wanted to be an artist, he gave him his blessing. Harry Shokler enrolled at the Cincinnati Art Academy and later at the School of Fine and Applied Art in New York City. In New York he was befriended by a well known syndicated columnist, Jim Allison, who arranged fro some celebrity friends to be painted by Shokler, including Babe Ruth, Ty Cobb, and others.... Read full biography
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Harry Shokler (1896-1978)
Harry Shokler was born in Cincinnati in 1896 to Yiddish-speaking, Russian immigrant parents, Kalman and Ida Shokler. They had immigrated separately to the United States and married in 1888. Harry was the fourth of eight children. His father became a furrier by 1910, and a daughter and son followed him into the business. Kalman Shokler also wanted Harry to also become a furrier, but once he understood that 12-year old Harry wanted to be an artist, he gave him his blessing.
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