28 INCH SILVER CHAIN

Oil on canvas; 9' 2?" x 6' .62"

Robert Koehler was a German born painter and art teacher who spent most of his career in the U.S. . Koehler was born in Hamburg and his family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1854. There he attended the historic German-English Academy. Koehler studied art from Henry Vianden. After some time working as a lithographer in New York City, in 1873 Koehler went to Munich to study fine art at the Royal Academy in 1873. He studied under Karl von Piloty, Ludwig Lofftz and Franz Defregger. Koehler's work while in Munich won him silver and bronze awards from the Academy, and Bavaria's Cross of the Order of St. Michael. Koehler then set himself up as head of a private art school; pupils included Alfons Mucha. He began to exhibit in the National Academy, New York, in 1877. In 1885 he took charge of a private school of art in that city. He organized the American department of the international art exhibition at Munich in 1883. In 1892 Koehler returned to New York to work as a portrait artist. The following year he moved to Minneapolis, accepting an offer to be the director of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts (now the Minneapolis College of Art and Design).

Oil on wood; 39.7 x 31 cm

Robert Koehler was a German born painter and art teacher who spent most of his career in the U.S. . Koehler was born in Hamburg and his family moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1854. There he attended the historic German-English Academy. Koehler studied art from Henry Vianden. After some time working as a lithographer in New York City, in 1873 Koehler went to Munich to study fine art at the Royal Academy in 1873. He studied under Karl von Piloty, Ludwig Lofftz and Franz Defregger. Koehler's work while in Munich won him silver and bronze awards from the Academy, and Bavaria's Cross of the Order of St. Michael. Koehler then set himself up as head of a private art school; pupils included Alfons Mucha. He began to exhibit in the National Academy, New York, in 1877. In 1885 he took charge of a private school of art in that city. He organized the American department of the international art exhibition at Munich in 1883. In 1892 Koehler returned to New York to work as a portrait artist. The following year he moved to Minneapolis, accepting an offer to be the director of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts.