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1866 Sheboygan, Wisconsin - 1943 Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Known for: Sculpture, painting of town-and landscapes.
George Raab, born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on 26 February 1866, was the son of German immigrant parents, Christian Raab (1822-1880), a merchant, and his wife Charlotte Bode Raab (1822-1889). In the... Read full biography
George Raab, born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on 26 February 1866, was the son of German immigrant parents, Christian Raab (1822-1880), a merchant, and his wife Charlotte Bode Raab (1822-1889). In the year of his mother's death, Raab began studies under Richard Lorenz (1858-1915), director of the... Read full biography
George Raab, born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on 26 February 1866, was the son of German immigrant parents, Christian Raab (1822-1880), a merchant, and his wife Charlotte Bode Raab (1822-1889). In the year of his mother's death, Raab began studies under Richard Lorenz (1858-1915), director of the Wisconsin School of Design, who had done his studies in Weimar. Lorenz specialized in painting horses, panoramas, and scenes of the American West. One may conclude that Raab was studying in Europe between... Read full biography
George Raab, born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on 26 February 1866, was the son of German immigrant parents, Christian Raab (1822-1880), a merchant, and his wife Charlotte Bode Raab (1822-1889). In the year of his mother's death, Raab began studies under Richard Lorenz (1858-1915), director of the Wisconsin School of Design, who had done his studies in Weimar. Lorenz specialized in painting horses, panoramas, and scenes of the American West. One may conclude that Raab was studying in Europe between 1891 and 1898, when his name did not appear in the Milwaukee city directories. He was, in fact, at the Weimar Art School under the Norwegian-born painter Carl Frithjof Smith (1859-1917) and reportedly in the Académie Colarossi in Paris, receiving... Read full biography
George Raab, born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on 26 February 1866, was the son of German immigrant parents, Christian Raab (1822-1880), a merchant, and his wife Charlotte Bode Raab (1822-1889). In the year of his mother's death, Raab began studies under Richard Lorenz (1858-1915), director of the Wisconsin School of Design, who had done his studies in Weimar. Lorenz specialized in painting horses, panoramas, and scenes of the American West. One may conclude that Raab was studying in Europe between 1891 and 1898, when his name did not appear in the Milwaukee city directories. He was, in fact, at the Weimar Art School under the Norwegian-born painter Carl Frithjof Smith (1859-1917) and reportedly in the Académie Colarossi in Paris, receiving instruction from Gustave Courtois. The combination of Courtois' academic technique, the Munich style... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Plein Aire Painting, Plein-Air
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
- •Impressionism Before 1940
Art Subject
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •New York City
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
Art Association
- •Art Students League of Milwaukee, Founder/Early Member
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Ethnicity of Artist
- •German
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC