About Joseph Meierhans

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Joseph Meierhaus
  • Biography

    Born in Aargau, Switzerland, Joseph Meierhans came to America in 1917 and lived in Allentown, Pennsylvania before settling in Perkasie in upper Bucks County. Meierhans was a prolific artist having produced many abstract paintings during his lifetime. He studied in New York at the Art Students League with Karl Knaths, John Sloan and later with A N Lindenmuth. He became a member of the Society of Independent Artists, the Provincetown Art Association, the Lansdale Art League, and the Lehigh Art Alliance.

    He was also a member of American Abstract Artists, an avant-garde group in New York in 1936.

    Source:
    Peace-Tohickon Lutheran Church: www.peace-tohickon.org/meierhans.

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