Louis Maurer
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Germany
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lithographer, and the father of the American
United States
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painter Alfred Henry Maurer
Alfred Henry Maurer
Alfred Henry Maurer was an American modernist painter. He exhibited his work in avant-garde circles internationally and in New York City during the early 20th century.-Biography:...
. Louis Maurer was also the last surviving artist to have been employed by Currier and Ives
Currier and Ives
Currier and Ives was a successful American printmaking firm headed by Nathaniel Currier and James Merritt Ives . Based in New York City from 1834–1907, the prolific firm produced prints from paintings by fine artists as black and white lithographs that were hand colored...
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Born in Biebrich
Biebrich
Biebrich is the name of two places in Germany.*Biebrich, a borough of Wiesbaden, Hesse, until 1926 an independent town*Biebrich, Rhineland Palatinate, a small municipality in the Rhein-Lahn district, near Katzenelnbogen...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, Maurer studied anatomy
Anatomy
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, mechanical drawing, and lithography in Mainz
Mainz
Mainz under the Holy Roman Empire, and previously was a Roman fort city which commanded the west bank of the Rhine and formed part of the northernmost frontier of the Roman Empire...
before migrating to the United States in 1851. He married Louisa Stein in 1860, and together they raised three children, Charles, Alfred
Alfred Henry Maurer
Alfred Henry Maurer was an American modernist painter. He exhibited his work in avant-garde circles internationally and in New York City during the early 20th century.-Biography:...
, and Eugenia.
Maurer began working as a lithographer at the firm of T.W. Strong in 1852. Later the same year he moved to Currier & Ives, working there till 1860. Maurer's series The Life of a Fireman was a popular lithography series produced during his time with Currier & Ives.
During the American Civil War
American Civil War
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, Maurer worked as a shooting instructor in Palisades Park
Palisades Park
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. He later was a partner in the lithography firm of Heppenheimer & Maurer until his retirement in 1884.
Maurer began to study art at the age of 50, first at the Gotham Art Academy and later at the National Academy
National academy
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under William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase
William Merritt Chase was an American painter known as an exponent of Impressionism and as a teacher. He is also responsible for establishing the Chase School, which later would become Parsons The New School for Design.- Early life and training :He was born in Williamsburg , Indiana, to the family...
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