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August Laux

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August Laux (1853 - 1921) was active/lived in New York / Germany.  August Laux is known for Trompe still life, animal, genre.

Born in the Rhineland area of Germany, August Laux became noted for his richly colored, precisely rendered floral still lifes and genre scenes, although early in his career his reputation was for frescoes and decorative painting.

His parents were French and relatives held high government positions in Strausburg. A cousin and one of his uncles were sculptors in Paris, and with exposure from childhood to persons creative in the arts, Laux followed this path. He emigrated to New York City with his parents in 1863 and began studying sculpture, but in 1867 switched to painting, enrolling in classes in the National Academy of Design. He first exhibited there in 1870, and three years later accepted a commission to paint the scenery for a private club in Manhattan. This mural received such acclaim that he became much sought after for frescoes and other decorations in public buildings as well as private homes of wealthy persons including financiers Jay Gould and Andrew Garvey.

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.  There are 24 similar (related) artists for August Laux available:    Roswell Morse Shurtleff,  DeWitt Clinton Boutelle,  Edward B Gay,  Arthur Parton,  John Dolph,  Clinton Loveridge,  George Lafayette Clough,  Frederic (Frederick) Rondel Sr,  Johann Hermann Carmiencke,  J Charles Arter,  Jennie Augusta Brownscombe,  Robert Henry Logan,  John Califano,  Levi Wells Prentice,  Franklin De Haven,  Carl Wuermer,  Regis Gignoux,  Frank Hutchens,  James McDougal Hart,  Joseph Greenwood,  James (Colonel) Fairman,  Charles Wilson Knapp,  Arthur Quartley,  Carleton (J Carleton) Wiggins



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   Publications  Book References:  17
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1 Miscellaneous Magazine References for August Laux
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Art & Auction Searching for Value December 1995 Editors, Art & Auction Yes
17 Book References for August Laux
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
1999 Caldwell, Joseph S III & IV Select Works: Fine American and European Paintings
(Exhibition catalog)		 20 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Schlier, Deborah Selections from Gertrude Vandeveer Spratlen Collection 63 Yes
1991 Schwarz - Philadelphia Fine American and European Paintings
(Exhibition catalog)		 47 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)		 612 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1976 Chambers, Bruce W Robert P Coggins Collection of American Art/Selections from
(Exhibition catalog)		 93 Yes
1975 Heckscher Museum American Painting 32 Yes
1973 Naylor, Maria Exhibition Record 1861-1900, National Academy of Design (Two Volumes Set)
(Exhibition catalog)		 1075 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
Tenenbaum, F. (Curator) American Painting: The Heckscher Museum 32 Yes
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