biografia di Henry APFEL (1838-?)
Birth place: Soultz, Lorraine, France
Addresses: Chicago, IL; Waverly, IA, 1865
Profession: Portrait and landscape painter, photographer
Studied: Lessons from German painter in Chicago.
Comments: Apfel was brought to the U.S. in 1841. He began painting as a child, studied for two years in Chicago, and visited Europe in 1861. After his return he took up photography, working at Waverly (IA) in 1865, and later at Shell Rock (IA). Most of his paintings were destroyed in the Chicago fire.
Sources: G&W; Ness and Orwig, Iowa Artists, 17.