Milwaukee Panorama Artists | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

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Milwaukee Panorama Artists

Milwaukee Panorama Artists | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
Group portrait of German painters relaxing in the studio of the American Panorama Company, during a break from painting the Jerusalem cyclorama depicting the crucifixion of Christ. Artists and their specialties include, at the left end of the table, Bernhard (Wilhelm?) Schroeder (Schroeter) wearing a hat (landscapes), and behind the table from the left, Richard Lorenz (animals), Johannes Schulz (figures), Friedrich Wilhelm Heine (Supervisor and master of composition), Bernhard Schneider (landscapes), Irma (Amy?) Boos, and August Lohr in profile (Supervisor and designer of landscape settings). Seated in front of the table are Franz Bilberstein (landscapes), Franz Rohrbeck (figures, especially Confederate), Karl (Carl) Frosch (Frosh), Thaddeus Zukotynski (Zuchatinsky, Chuchodinski) (figures), George Peter (animals), and Herman Michalowski (figures).
DESCRIPTION
Group portrait of German painters relaxing in the studio of the American Panorama Company, during a break from painting the Jerusalem cyclorama depicting the crucifixion of Christ. Artists and their specialties include, at the left end of the table, Bernhard (Wilhelm?) Schroeder (Schroeter) wearing a hat (landscapes), and behind the table from the left, Richard Lorenz (animals), Johannes Schulz (figures), Friedrich Wilhelm Heine (Supervisor and master of composition), Bernhard Schneider (landscapes), Irma (Amy?) Boos, and August Lohr in profile (Supervisor and designer of landscape settings). Seated in front of the table are Franz Bilberstein (landscapes), Franz Rohrbeck (figures, especially Confederate), Karl (Carl) Frosch (Frosh), Thaddeus Zukotynski (Zuchatinsky, Chuchodinski) (figures), George Peter (animals), and Herman Michalowski (figures).
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:26070
Creation Date: 11 1887
Creator Name:Unknown
City:Milwaukee
County:Milwaukee
State:Wisconsin
Collection Name:Milwaukee, Wisconsin, cyclorama painters and paintings, circa 1880s
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:PH 388 (5)
Original Dimensions:16 x 13 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The Jerusalem panorama was the seventh of 13 or 14 Jerusalem panoramas painted between 1884 and 1903. It was painted by a group of German painters known as the American Panorama Company, led by William Wehner.
SUBJECTS
Painters
Clothing and dress
Hats
Chairs
Furniture
Business enterprises
Beer
Beards
Germans
Indoor photography
Men
Moustache
Portraits, Group
Women
Artists
Religion

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