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Carl Henry Ahrens

Carl Henry Ahrens (1862 - 1936) was active/lived in California, New York, Ontario / Canada.  Carl Ahrens is known for Landscape, genre, missions, printmaker, illustrator.

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Carl Henry von Ahrens (Canadian, 1862-1936) was an artist, printmaker, illustrator, ceramicist, writer, poet and teacher, known for his landscape and portrait paintings and his ties with the Roycroft,  Elbert Hubbard's Arts & Crafts community in East Aurora, New York.

1862- Born to Herman and Isabella Ahrens, February 15th, Winfield, Ontario, Canada.

Circa early 1880's- Studied dentistry under his uncle Alfred Ahrens.  Moved to Nebraska City, Nebraska to open his own practice, which was a success.

Circa mid 1880's- Married Emily Marion Carroll and their first son was born, Carl Herman, Nebraska City, Nebraska.

1886- With little formal training, he took up painting and found his calling.  He observed the methods of other painters.  Within a year he gave up dentistry and the family moved back to Toronto, and he opened a studio there on Adelaide Street.

1889- First exhibition at the Ontario Society of Artists, Toronto, Ontario   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 7112 characters.]  Artist bio

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   Publications  Book References:  11
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11 Book References for Carl Henry Ahrens
Year Author Title Pages Color
2006 Benezit, E Benezit Dictionary of Artists, English Version and Online (Fourteen Volumes) 0 No
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1995 Hill, Charles C The Group of Seven: Art for a Nation
(Exhibition catalog)
374 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1988 McMann, Evelyn de Rostaing Montreal Museum of Fine Arts-Spring Exhibitions 1880-1970 (Formerly Art Association of Montreal) 417 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1973 Havlice, Patricia Pate Index to Artistic Biography (Three Volumes) 2315 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
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