William Hahn
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William Hahn (born Carl Wilhelm Hahn; 7 January 1829 – 8 June 1887), was a German painter active in the United States known for his genre paintings of California. Born in Ebersbach, Saxony, he trained at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and the Düsseldorf Academy. He befriended Scotch artist William Keith, and accompanied Keith to the United States, where the two founded a Boston studio before traveling to California.[1][2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ Peter C. Merrill (1997). German Immigrant Artists in America: A Biographical Dictionary. Scarecrow Press. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-8108-3266-4.
- ^ Harlow, Ann (2011). "Hahn, William". In Marter, Joan M. (ed.). The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art. Oxford University Press. pp. 424–425. ISBN 978-0-19-533579-8.
- ^ Arkelian, Marjorie Dakin (1976). William Hahn Genre Painter 1829–1887. Oakland: Oakland Museum. OCLC 557759189.
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- 1829 births
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- Dresden Academy of Fine Arts alumni
- German emigrants to the United States
- German genre painters
- Kunstakademie Düsseldorf alumni
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- People from Ebersbach-Neugersdorf
- 19th-century German painters
- 19th-century German male artists
- German painter, 19th-century birth stubs