- Louis Maurer
Louis Maurer (
February 21 ,1832 –July 19 ,1932 ) was a German-born Americanlithographer , and the father of the American painterAlfred Henry Maurer . Louis Maurer was also the last surviving artist to have been employed byCurrier and Ives .Born in
Biebrich ,Germany , Maurer studiedanatomy , mechanical drawing, and lithography inMainz before migrating to the United States in 1851. He married Louisa Stein in 1860, and together they raised three children, Charles, Alfred, 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 , Maurer worked as a shooting instructor inPalisades Park . 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 underWilliam Merritt Chase .References
*cite book | author= Peter H. Falk| title=Who Was Who in American Art | publisher = Sound View Press| year=1985 | id=ISBN 0-932087-00-0
*cite news | title=Louis Maurer, 100, Oldest Artist, Dies | date=July 20 ,1932 | publisher=New York Times | url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/nytimes/100837034.html?did=100837034&FMT=CITE&FMTS=AI&date=Jul+20%2C+1932&author=&pub=New+York+Times++(1857-Current&desc=LOUIS+MAURER%2C+100%2C+I+OLDEST+ARTIST%2C+DIES
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