Carl Von Marr American-German Artist (hard cover)

Milwaukee–born, late 19th and early 20th century artist Carl Marr went on to be one of America’s most decorated artists in Europe. Knighted by three principalities, Marr later went on to become the director of Munich’s fine art academy. The story of his life unfolds in Milwaukee where he received his childhood artistic tutelage from Henry Vianden. While still a teen, he attended several German art academies. After returning to the United States for a brief period, he left for Germany again where he became entrenched in Bavarian cultural circles. He not only became a successful painter and cultural counsel to the German monarchy, he also curated numerous German and American exhibitions. The artist lived through the tumultuous political period of Bavaria’s transition from a monarchy to a Socialist regime, then a republic, and later the early years of the Third Reich. The book includes a biographical essay, chronology, 37 color and 21 black and white reproductions of Marr’s work and several photographs of the artist. Copyright West Bend Art Museum, 1986. [116 pp.] Hardcover, written by Thomas D. Lidtke.