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Sycamore, IL
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19th century rotunda panorama
Years in the Art Fair Business
Architects Club of Chicago
First show ever
I am the author of CHICAGO NO-JURY SOCIETY OF ARTISTS 1915-51, WISCONSIN PAINTERS & SCULPTORS 1900-2000, PANORAMA FOR A SMALL CITY 1878-1915
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I seek contact with Jennifer Rapp Peterson. Her ancestor Cornelius Ward Rapp (1861-1926) lived in Englewood in 1885, according to TOWN OF LAKE DIRECTORY, at 841 63d. I want to know whether Cornelius designed the panorama studio of Reed & Gross of Englewood 1885-88
Best show ever and why
On September 18,2003 I found in the display case of Milwaukee County Historical Society the F.W.Heine diaries.These are the only narrative of a panorama studio, that of William Wehner (1847-1928) of Chicago who built his panorama studio in downtown Milwaukee
Worst show ever and why
From 1885-88 Wehner produced 2 units of BATTLE OF ATLANTA, 2 units of BATTLE OF MISSIONARY RIDGE & LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN, and 3 units of JERUSALEM ON THE DAY OF THE CRUCIFIXION. The diaries needed to be transcribed in German, translated to English, scanned to computer.
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Michael Kutzer, born 1941 in Leipzig like Heine, is transcriber of the project. //I am writing the first spreadsheet from the American point of view about 19th century rotunda panoramas.These were the biggest paintings in the world, 50 x 400=20,000 sq.ft., housed in their own rotundas which were 16 sided polygons. Chicago in 1893 had 6 panorama companies and 6 panorama rotundas
What is one fun fact about yourself?
I am biographer of my great aunt, Mathilde Georgine Schley (1864-1941), dressmaker, telegraph operator, American Impressionist, panorama artist. My Master's thesis at NIU (1977) is based on Tante Tilde's two books. She promoted the INDEPENDENT ART MOVEMENT between the world wars--Society of Independent Artists (Manhattan), Salon of America (Brooklyn), Chicago No-Jury Society of Artists, Buffalo Salon of Independent Artists, Wisconsin No-Jury. I am Tante Tilde's biographer. And I write about Englewood from the 1880s. PLEASE PUT ME IN CONTACT WITH JENNIFER RAPP PETERSON
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