Henry Raschen
Henry Raschen | |
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| Born | October 2, 1856 |
| Died | August 24, 1937 (aged 80) Oakland, California, U.S. |
| Education | San Francisco Art Association |
| Occupation | Painter |
| Children | 1 daughter |
Henry Raschen (October 2, 1856 – August 24, 1937) was a German-born American painter. He did paintings of California landscapes and Native Americans.
Early life
[edit]Raschen was born on October 2, 1856, in Germany.[1] He emigrated to the United States with his family in 1868, and he grew up in Fort Ross, California.[1]
Raschen attended the San Francisco Art Association, and he studied under Charles Christian Nahl in California. From 1875 to 1883, he studied in Germany.[1]
Career
[edit]Raschen maintained a studio on Montgomery Street in San Francisco, where he painted Native Americans and California landscapes.[2] Notable patrons included Richard T. Crane, King C. Gillette, E. H. Harriman, James Stillman, Isidor Straus, Charles Lee Tilden, and William Wrigley Jr. Another collector, Harry Flayderman, self-published a catalog of his work in 1958.[1]
His artwork can be seen at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City,[3] the Oakland Museum of California, the American Museum of Western Art – The Anschutz Collection in Denver, Colorado.[4]
Personal life and death
[edit]Raschen resided in San Francisco until 1906, when he moved to 1307 16th Avenue in Oakland, California. He had a daughter, Mary Coburn.[1]
Raschen died on August 24, 1937, in Oakland, at age 82.[5]
Further reading
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 "Painting California Indians Led Oakland Artist to Fame". Oakland Tribune. July 9, 1967. pp. 15, 20. Retrieved December 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "In His Studio. Henry Raschen Back Again and Working. Indian Pictures Abroad. What the Californian Artist Has Been Doing Since He Left San Francisco". The San Francisco Call. January 21, 1894. p. 11. Retrieved December 8, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Salomon, Medicine Man: Henry Raschen". Brooklyn Museum. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Henry Raschen - Artworks". The Athenaeum. Retrieved December 8, 2018.
- ↑ "Well-Known Artist Dies in Oakland". The Oakland Tribune. August 24, 1937. p. 9. Retrieved November 15, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
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- 1856 births
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- Emigrants from the Grand Duchy of Oldenburg to the United States
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- 19th-century German painters
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- American portrait painters
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