Louis Maurer

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the Swiss soccer player and manager, see Louis Maurer (footballer).

Louis Maurer, The American Fireman - Always Ready, 1858

Louis Maurer (February 21, 1832 – July 19, 1932) was a German-born American lithographer, and the father of the American painter Alfred Henry Maurer. Louis Maurer was also the last surviving artist to have been employed by Currier and Ives.

Born in Biebrich, Germany, Maurer studied anatomy, mechanical drawing, and lithography in Mainz 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 and Ives, working there till 1860. Maurer's series The Life of a Fireman (1854) was a popular lithography series produced for Currier and Ives. (These prints inspired sculptor John A. Wilson's Firemen's Memorial.)

During the American Civil War, Maurer worked as a shooting instructor in Palisades 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 under William Merritt Chase.

Gallery

The Life of a Fireman, lithograph for Currier and Ives, 1854
The Great Royal Buffalo Hunt, 1895

References

Peter H. Falk (1985). Who Was Who in American Art. Sound View Press. ISBN 0-932087-00-0.
"Louis Maurer, 100, Oldest Artist, Dies". New York Times. July 20, 1932.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 19518989 LCCN: nr00026936

Persondata
Name	Maurer, Louis
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	February 21, 1832
Place of birth
Date of death	July 19, 1932
Place of death

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike; additional terms may apply for the media files.