American painter. Studied under Henry Vianden in Milwaukee, Martin Schauss in Weimar, Karl Gussow in Berlin, and Otto Seitz and Gabriel and Max Lindenschmitt in Munich. Became a professor at the Royal Academy in Munich in 1893, and in 1895 a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts. Married Elsie Fellerer Messerschmitt (1872–1919), widow of the painter Pius Ferdinand Messerschmitt (1858–1915), in 1916. Appointed a privy councilor to the Bavarian government in 1917. Became director of the Royal Academy in Munich in 1919.
American painter. Studied under Henry Vianden in Milwaukee, Martin Schauss in Weimar, Karl Gussow in Berlin, and Otto Seitz and Gabriel and Max Lindenschmitt in Munich. Became a professor at the Royal Academy in Munich in 1893, and in 1895 a member of the Berlin Academy of Arts. Married Elsie Fellerer Messerschmitt (1872–1919), widow of the painter Pius Ferdinand Messerschmitt (1858–1915), in 1916. Appointed a privy councilor to the Bavarian government in 1917. Became director of the Royal Academy in Munich in 1919.
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