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Karl Itschner BIOGRAPHY
1868 Oetikon, Switzerland - 1953 Solothurn, Switzerland. Known for: Figure (children), landscape painting.
Karl Itschner (1868-1952). Born in Oetikon, Switzerland on July 5, 1868, he became best known for his idealized depiction of children with art nouveau elements. From 1920 on, Itschner also painted... Read full biography
Karl Itschner (1868-1952). Born in Oetikon, Switzerland on July 5, 1868, he became best known for his idealized depiction of children with art nouveau elements. From 1920 on, Itschner also painted landscapes. He was a business apprentice from 1885 to 1888 in Winterthur but left for the United... Read full biography
Karl Itschner (1868-1952). Born in Oetikon, Switzerland on July 5, 1868, he became best known for his idealized depiction of children with art nouveau elements. From 1920 on, Itschner also painted landscapes. He was a business apprentice from 1885 to 1888 in Winterthur but left for the United States to become a sample designer at a factory owned by relatives in Philadelphia. From 1891 on he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, earning a living by working at night as a drawing... Read full biography
Karl Itschner (1868-1952). Born in Oetikon, Switzerland on July 5, 1868, he became best known for his idealized depiction of children with art nouveau elements. From 1920 on, Itschner also painted landscapes. He was a business apprentice from 1885 to 1888 in Winterthur but left for the United States to become a sample designer at a factory owned by relatives in Philadelphia. From 1891 on he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, earning a living by working at night as a drawing specialist for newspapers, an architect and detective. In 1895, Itschner returned home via Paris, France. Two years later he returned to Paris and studied at the Julian and Colarossi Academies where he was a pupil of Benjamin Constant and Louis Auguste... Read full biography
Karl Itschner (1868-1952). Born in Oetikon, Switzerland on July 5, 1868, he became best known for his idealized depiction of children with art nouveau elements. From 1920 on, Itschner also painted landscapes. He was a business apprentice from 1885 to 1888 in Winterthur but left for the United States to become a sample designer at a factory owned by relatives in Philadelphia. From 1891 on he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, earning a living by working at night as a drawing specialist for newspapers, an architect and detective. In 1895, Itschner returned home via Paris, France. Two years later he returned to Paris and studied at the Julian and Colarossi Academies where he was a pupil of Benjamin Constant and Louis Auguste Girardot. Subsequently, he traveled to London, England, and worked in Munich, Germany as a newspaper i... Read full biography
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Karl Itschner (1868-1952)
Born in Oetikon, Switzerland on July 5, 1868, he became best known for his idealized depiction of children with art nouveau elements. From 1920 on, Itschner also painted landscapes.
He was a business apprentice from 1885 to 1888 in Winterthur but left for the United States to become a sample designer at a factory owned by relatives in Philadelphia. From 1891 on he studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, earning a living by working at night as a drawing specialist for newspapers, an architect and detective.
In 1895, Itschner returned home via Paris, France. Two years later he returned to Paris and studied at the Julian and Colarossi Academies where he was a pup...But wait, there's more...
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