biografia di Richard LORENZ (1858-1915)

Birth place: Weimar, Germany

Death place: Milwaukee, WI

Addresses: Milwaukee, WI

Profession: Painter, illustrator

Studied: Weimar; Brendel, Steuss, Leunig, Thedy, 1874-86.

Exhibited: Weimar, 1884 (prize); PAFA Ann., 1894-95, 1915; Berlin; Munich; Osborne prize,1905; Milwaukee AC, 1966 (retrospective).

Member: SWA; Deutsche AA.

Comments: Came to Milwaukee in 1886 and worked with William Wehner painting panoramas, specializing in horses. Said to have been a Texas Ranger c.1887-90. Teacher of Frank Tenney Johnson. Teaching: Milwaukee Sch. Art, 1890.

Sources: WW13; P&H Samuels, 293-94; Falk, Exh. Record Series.