American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . /fi^p^-^ -. ERDINAND MERSMANN was born in Cincinnati,August 23d, 1852. He began his artistic careerunder Hermann Allard, a carver in wood engagedin making figures of the saints for churches. In1872 he went to Munich, in company withDengler, and studied sculpture in the Academyfor a year, under the instructions of ProfessorKnabl. He afterwards spent two years and ahalf in Munich, engaged in carving decorativefigures for King Ludwigs castle of Lindehoff, in the BavarianAlps. In 1875 he went to Berlin, and worked under Pohl-
American art and American art collections; essays on artistic subjects . /fi^p^-^ -. ERDINAND MERSMANN was born in Cincinnati,August 23d, 1852. He began his artistic careerunder Hermann Allard, a carver in wood engagedin making figures of the saints for churches. In1872 he went to Munich, in company withDengler, and studied sculpture in the Academyfor a year, under the instructions of ProfessorKnabl. He afterwards spent two years and ahalf in Munich, engaged in carving decorativefigures for King Ludwigs castle of Lindehoff, in the BavarianAlps. In 1875 he went to Berlin, and worked under Pohl-mann upon the Germania group intended for the new Min-isterium, or Ministerial Palace, and in 1876 we find himoccupying a studio with Duveneck in Cincinnati. He re-moved to Indianapolis in 1877, but returned to Cincinnatiin 1879, where he now resides. Unfortunately, it has beenimpossible to obtain an illustration of any of his works forinsertion here. Designed by W. H. Drake. John W. Twachtman is a native of Cincinnati, where hewas born, August 4th, 1853. His first occupation was
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