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1814 Waltsee, Wurttemberg, Germany - 1893 New York City. Known for: Genre, portrait and history painting, plaster ornament sculpture.
The following information is excerpted from The New York Times, October 16, 2011. "When Applying the Paint Was Spreading the News" by Robin Pogrebin. Early on the morning of July 27, 1861, the Irish... Read full biography
The following information is excerpted from The New York Times, October 16, 2011. "When Applying the Paint Was Spreading the News" by Robin Pogrebin. Early on the morning of July 27, 1861, the Irish brigade of New York's 69th Regiment returned From the First Battle of Bull Run, landing by steamboat... Read full biography
The following information is excerpted from The New York Times, October 16, 2011. "When Applying the Paint Was Spreading the News" by Robin Pogrebin. Early on the morning of July 27, 1861, the Irish brigade of New York's 69th Regiment returned From the First Battle of Bull Run, landing by steamboat at what is now Battery Park. The crowd that massed along the bay to welcome the weary soldiers included all manner of society: flower sellers, fruit vendors, dignitaries, newsboys, grieving widows,... Read full biography
The following information is excerpted from The New York Times, October 16, 2011. "When Applying the Paint Was Spreading the News" by Robin Pogrebin. Early on the morning of July 27, 1861, the Irish brigade of New York's 69th Regiment returned From the First Battle of Bull Run, landing by steamboat at what is now Battery Park. The crowd that massed along the bay to welcome the weary soldiers included all manner of society: flower sellers, fruit vendors, dignitaries, newsboys, grieving widows, well wishers and families of the wounded. The mood was triumphant — New York's immigrant boys had returned — but also melancholy; their Civil War battle had ended in defeat. And the artist Louis Lang captured it all on a sprawling canvas in oil paint.... Read full biography
The following information is excerpted from The New York Times, October 16, 2011. "When Applying the Paint Was Spreading the News" by Robin Pogrebin. Early on the morning of July 27, 1861, the Irish brigade of New York's 69th Regiment returned From the First Battle of Bull Run, landing by steamboat at what is now Battery Park. The crowd that massed along the bay to welcome the weary soldiers included all manner of society: flower sellers, fruit vendors, dignitaries, newsboys, grieving widows, well wishers and families of the wounded. The mood was triumphant — New York's immigrant boys had returned — but also melancholy; their Civil War battle had ended in defeat. And the artist Louis Lang captured it all on a sprawling canvas in oil paint. Now Return of the 69th (Irish) Regiment, N.Y.S.M. From the Seat of War, restored and re-framed, is to b... Read full biography
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The following information is excerpted from The New York Times, October 16, 2011
"When Applying the Paint Was Spreading the News" by Robin Pogrebin
Early on the morning of July 27, 1861, the Irish brigade of New York's 69th Regiment returned From the First Battle of Bull Run, landing by steamboat at what is now Battery Park.
The crowd that massed along the bay to welcome the weary soldiers included all manner of society: flower sellers, fruit vendors, dignitaries, newsboys, grieving widows, well wishers and families of the wounded.
The mood was triumphant — New York's immigrant boys had returned — but also melancholy; their Civil War battle had ended in defeat. And the artist Louis Lang captured it all on ...But wait, there's more...
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