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1831 Bavaria, Germany - 1905 San Francisco, California. Known for: Landscape-street, animal and still life painting.
Meyer Straus was born in Bavaria in 1831. He emigrated from Germany to the U.S. in 1848. For a short while he lived in Ohio and in 1853 moved to St Louis, MO where he worked as a scene painter in the... Read full biography
Meyer Straus was born in Bavaria in 1831. He emigrated from Germany to the U.S. in 1848. For a short while he lived in Ohio and in 1853 moved to St Louis, MO where he worked as a scene painter in the Old Pine Street Theater. After a few years in Mobile, New Orleans, and other parts of the South, in... Read full biography
Meyer Straus was born in Bavaria in 1831. He emigrated from Germany to the U.S. in 1848. For a short while he lived in Ohio and in 1853 moved to St Louis, MO where he worked as a scene painter in the Old Pine Street Theater. After a few years in Mobile, New Orleans, and other parts of the South, in 1872 he moved to Chicago where he painted scenery at Hooley's Theater. Due to failing health and the severe winters, he was forced to seek a milder climate. In 1875 Straus made his final move to San... Read full biography
Meyer Straus was born in Bavaria in 1831. He emigrated from Germany to the U.S. in 1848. For a short while he lived in Ohio and in 1853 moved to St Louis, MO where he worked as a scene painter in the Old Pine Street Theater. After a few years in Mobile, New Orleans, and other parts of the South, in 1872 he moved to Chicago where he painted scenery at Hooley's Theater. Due to failing health and the severe winters, he was forced to seek a milder climate. In 1875 Straus made his final move to San Francisco where he continued painting theatrical scenery for Tom Maguire, proprietor of the Bush Street Theater, and for the Grand Opera House. In 1876 he made a painting trip to Aspen, CO. Returning to San Francisco, in 1877 he abandoned theater... Read full biography
Meyer Straus was born in Bavaria in 1831. He emigrated from Germany to the U.S. in 1848. For a short while he lived in Ohio and in 1853 moved to St Louis, MO where he worked as a scene painter in the Old Pine Street Theater. After a few years in Mobile, New Orleans, and other parts of the South, in 1872 he moved to Chicago where he painted scenery at Hooley's Theater. Due to failing health and the severe winters, he was forced to seek a milder climate. In 1875 Straus made his final move to San Francisco where he continued painting theatrical scenery for Tom Maguire, proprietor of the Bush Street Theater, and for the Grand Opera House. In 1876 he made a painting trip to Aspen, CO. Returning to San Francisco, in 1877 he abandoned theater work to devote full time to easel painting. After establishing a studio at 728 Montgomery,. Source: Edan Hughes, author of the book "Artists in... Read full biography
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Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005Davenport, Ray2,421 pagesArtists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
2002
Available For Sale.Hughes, Edan Milton1,249 pagesFor Sale<a href="mailto:info@askart.com">Available For Sale</a>.Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)3,724 pagesArtful Players: Artistic Life in Early San Francisco
1999Hjalmarson, Birgitta255 pages (color)Art in the American South Works from the Ogden Collection
1996Delehanty, Randolph292 pages (color)Plain Pictures Images of the American Prairie
1996
(Exhibition catalog)Kinsey, Joni256 pages (color)The Red Book Western American Price Index
1993Southwest Art126 pagesA Southern Collection
1992Pennington, Estill Curtis246 pages (color)Downriver Currents of Style in Louisiana Painting 1800-1950
1991Pennington, Estill Curtis208 pages (color)Art of the Golden West
1990Axelrod, Alan418 pages (color)Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three
1990Gerdts, William H396 pages (color)If Pictures Could Talk Stories About California Paintings
1989Coran, James/W A Nelson-Rees382 pages (color)Artists in California, 1786-1940
1989Hughes, Edan Milton637 pagesEncyclopaedia of New Orleans Artists 1718-1918
1987Mahe, John A. II; Rosanne McCaffrey (Editors)464 pagesArtists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary
1985Dawdy, Doris1,184 pagesThe Bison in Art A Graphic Chronicle of the Ameican Bison
1977
(Exhibition catalog)Barsness, Larry142 pages (color)Yesterday's Artists on the Monterey Peninsula
1976Spangenberg, Helen88 pages (color)Amon Carter Museum of Western Art Catalogue of the Collection 1972
1972Amon Carter Museum600 pages