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Milwaukee Panorama Artists
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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 with their specialties include from the left, standing at the table: Franz Bilberstein (landscapes), Richard Lorenz (animals), Johannes Schulz (figures), and Bernhard Schneider (landscapes); and sitting from the left end of the table: Bernhard (Wilhelm?) Schroeder (Schroeter) with pipe (landscapes), Franz Rohrbeck (figures, especially Confederate), Friedrich Wilhelm Heine (wearing a hat) (Supervisor and master of composition), Karl Frosch (Frosh), Thaddeus Zukotynski (Zuchatinsky) (figures), George Peter (animals), Amy(?) Boos (Boss), August Lohr (in profile) (Supervisor and designer of landscape settings), and Herman Michalowski (figures).
November 1887
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Milwaukee Panorama Artists
November 1887
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 thei...
Milwaukee Panorama Artists with Panorama
1886
Group portrait of a group of German panorama painters on a scaffolding in their Milwaukee studio, with The Atlanta Cyclorama as a backdrop. Included in the group are, standing from the top left: Fr...
Artist at Work on the Jerusalem Panorama
1887
Photograph of a watercolor painting by F.W. Heine of fellow artist Franz Rohrbeck. Rohrbeck is painting a study of a figure for the Jerusalem panorama (cyclorama) of the crucifixion of Christ. H...
Studio of Panorama Artist
1900
Friedrich Wilhelm Heine at work in his studio. An unidentified woman paints at an easel. Many paintings and sketches surround them. Heine was the Supervisor and Master of Composition for the Americ...
Thirsty Union Civil War Soldiers
1886
Oil on linen study of three Union Civil War soldiers drinking from and holding canteens. The painting is the work of one of the German panorama artists active in Milwaukee during the 1880s, probab...
Civil War Cannon
1886
Oil on linen study of a Civil War cannon with a soldier in the background and the sketched outline of another soldier in firing position. Although unsigned, the study was probably done by F.W. Hei...
