. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . est. Though it is K the type of idealist,rather than that ofman of affairs, thatbest represents himand his share in thelife of the times, yethis business successhas been excep-tional. He was bornin Breslau, father was a cal-ico printer, and thelad early s t u d i e tlchemistry and me-chanics and learnedthe processes of dye-ing, color-mi xingand yet in his teenshe was sent to spenda year in the count-ing-room of a dyeingand p
. Massachusetts of today : a memorial of the state, historical and biographical, issued for the World's Columbian exposition at Chicago. . est. Though it is K the type of idealist,rather than that ofman of affairs, thatbest represents himand his share in thelife of the times, yethis business successhas been excep-tional. He was bornin Breslau, father was a cal-ico printer, and thelad early s t u d i e tlchemistry and me-chanics and learnedthe processes of dye-ing, color-mi xingand yet in his teenshe was sent to spenda year in the count-ing-room of a dyeingand printing estab-lishment in AVestpha-lia, where he gaineda knowledge of mer-cantile affairs. When about twenty years old he wasengaged by a large Austrian firm to spend five yearsin the study of the most advanced methods of dyeingand color-printing practised in England and on theContinent, with a view to organize afterward a manu-factory in Bohemia. His investigations were success-fully carried out for four years, at the end of which hereturned to Germany an enthusiastic advocate of thecause of social democracy. He was the leader of a. LOUIS PRANG revolutionary club in 1848, and was obliged to flee fromhis native country. After being in Switzerland for atime, he came to America, landing in New York in1850. For a few years he led a precarious existence,but in 1856, embarking in the business of lithographyin color, he set out on the road to fortune. In 1864, hebegan the reproduction of oil paintings by chromo-lithography. For these new creations Mr. Prangcoined the word chromo, a term that has been somewhat roughlyused and broughtinto disrepute bycompetitors. Howthe public apprecia-tion of Mr. Prangswork has steadilygrown broader andmore critical; howthe delight in hisexi|uisite Christmasand other holidaycards has increasedfrom year to year;how many an artist,now well k n o w n,gained his first rec-ognition at LouisPrangs hands ; howhis public exhibitionsof accepted designsfor card
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