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George Raab

George Raab (1866 - 1943) was active/lived in Wisconsin.  George Raab is known for Sculpture, painting of town-and landscapes.

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George Raab, born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin on 26 February 1866, was the son of German immigrant parents, Christian Raab (1822-1880), a merchant, and his wife Charlotte Bode Raab (1822-1889). 

In the year of his mother's death, Raab began studies under Richard Lorenz (1858-1915), director of the Wisconsin School of Design, who had done his studies in Weimar.  Lorenz specialized in painting horses, panoramas, and scenes of the American West. 

One may conclude that Raab was studying in Europe between 1891 and 1898, when his name did not appear in the Milwaukee city directories.  He was, in fact, at the Weimar Art School under the Norwegian-born painter Carl Frithjof Smith (1859-1917) and reportedly in the Académie Colarossi in Paris, receiving instruction from Gustave Courtois. 

The combination of Courtois' academic technique, the Munich style, American tonalism, and developments of French impressionism, as well as Art Nouveau, steered Raab   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3443 characters.]  Artist bio

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13 Book References for George Raab
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Levy, Hannah Heidi Famous Wisconsin Artists and Architects 316 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Merrill, Peter C German-American Artists in Early Milwaukee: A Biographyical Dictionary 165 No
1994 Lidtke, Thomas George Raab: Prominence in 19th Century Regional Art
(Exhibition catalog)
0 Yes
1990 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) The Annual Exhibition Record of the Art Institute of Chicago
(Exhibition catalog)
1117 No
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two) 396 Yes
1989 Cummings, Glen E. Living Impressions: Contemporary Canadian Graphics from the Permanent Collection of the Art Gallery of Hamilton 92 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1982 Opitz, Glenn Dictionary of American Artists 372 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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