Henry Duessel - Artist Info

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Henry Duessel
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    This following biography was researched, compiled, and written by Geoffrey K. Fleming, Director, Southold Historical Society, Southold, NY.

    HENRY A. DUESSEL (1858 - January 6, 1919)
    (AKA H. A. Duessel, Harry A. Duessel)

    Landscape and seascape painter. Sources list him being born both in Germany and in New York - it is not clear which is accurate. No references have been found to him in New York naturalization papers, and censuses do not indicate him being an alien resident.

    He is listed in city directories as early as 1872 as an artist, which means he would have been only fourteen, fairly young to begin painting professionally but not entirely unheard of. He continued to be listed in directories du...

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