artist, b. Vienna, Austria. He attended the German Royal Art School, Vienna, and studied in Munich and Karlsruhe. He migrated to the U.S. and to Milwaukee in 1886, where he worked in commercial art, and was scenic artist for the Pabst Theater. A leading figure of the Milwaukee panoramic school, he was among the group of artists which painted the cyclorama of the Battle of Atlanta, now in Atlanta, Ga., and also worked with George Rohrbeck and Frederick W. Heine on the panorama of the Battle of Manila. With Heine, he also painted the panorama of Jerusalem for the St. Louis Exposition (1903). In 1912 Peter became scenic artist for the Milwaukee Public Museum, was made chief artist in 1923, and supervisor of preparation in 1927. He retired from the museum in 1940, after having accompanied 23 museum expeditions to all parts of the world. P. Butts, Art in Wis. (Madison, 1936); Milwaukee Journal, June 27, 1950; Information supplied by Albert G. Peter, Milwaukee, and the Milwaukee Public Museum.

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