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Charles Schreyvogel (January 4, 1861 – January 27, 1912) was an American painter of Western subject matter in the days of the disappearing frontier. Schreyvogel was especially interested in military life.
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Charles Schreyvogel (January 4, 1861 – January 27, 1912) was an American painter of Western subject matter in the days of the disappearing frontier. Schreyvogel was especially interested in military life.
Life
He was born in Hoboken, New Jersey
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to Paul and Theresa Schreyvogel,Schreyvogel, Charlesin ''
Who's Who in America
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'' (1901-1902 edition), via archive.org
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and grew up in a poor family of German immigrant shopkeepers on the Lower East Side
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Traditionally an im ...
of New York.Schreyvogel was unable to afford art classes and he taught himself to draw. In 1901, his painting ''My Bunkie'' was awarded the Thomas Clarke Prize at the annual exhibition of the National Academy of Design
The National Academy of Design is an honorary association of American artists, founded in New York City in 1825 by Samuel Morse, Asher Durand, Thomas Cole, Martin E. Thompson, Charles Cushing Wright, Ithiel Town, and others "to promote the fin ...
. He suddenly became recognized and earned what seemed like overnight fame.
Schreyvogel did much of his work in his studio (or its rooftop) in decidedly non-Western Hoboken.
He died in Hoboken in 1912 and is buried in Flower Hill Cemetery, North Bergen
Flower Hill Cemetery is located in North Bergen, New Jersey. It is cojoined with Hoboken Cemetery and Machpelah Cemetery.
History
In 1900, many who died in the fire of the and SS ''Bremen'' on the North River (Hudson River) at Hoboken were int ...
, New Jersey
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.
Works by Schreyvogel are included in the collections of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, with more than 28,000 American West, Western and Native Americans in the United States, American Indian art works and Artifact (archaeology), ar ...
, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
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,,
National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum
The National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum is a museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, with more than 28,000 American West, Western and Native Americans in the United States, American Indian art works and Artifact (archaeology), ar ...
. Accessed August 14, 2007. the Sid Richardson Museum, Fort Worth, Texas
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, the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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, and the Gilcrease Museum
Gilcrease Museum, also known as the Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, is a museum northwest of downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma housing the world's largest, most comprehensive collection of art of the American West, as well as a gro ...
, Tulsa, Oklahoma
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.
See also
*Charles Marion Russell
Charles Marion Russell (March 19, 1864 – October 24, 1926), also known as C. M. Russell, Charlie Russell, and "Kid" Russell, was an American artist of the American Old West. He created more than 2,000 paintings of cowboys, Native Americans, an ...
, western artist
* J. K. Ralston
James Kenneth "J.K." Ralston (March 31, 1896 – November 26, 1987) was an American painter of the Old American West whose primary topics were the American West and images of cowboys and American Indians. He also did commercial artwork.
Life ...
, western artist
* Frederic Remington
Frederic Sackrider Remington (October 4, 1861 – December 26, 1909) was an American painter, illustrator, sculptor, and writer who specialized in the genre of Western American Art. His works are known for depicting the Western United State ...
, western artist
Notes
* James D. Horan. ''The Life And Art Of Charles Schreyvogel: Painter-Historian Of The Indian-Fighting Army Of The American West''. New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1969. * Rick Stewart. ''The American West: Legendary Artists of the Frontier''. Hawthorne Publishing Company, 1986.References
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*Charles (or Carl) Schreyvogel (1861-1912)
includes biography {{DEFAULTSORT:Schreyvogel, Charles 1861 births 1912 deaths American people of German descent 19th-century American painters American male painters 20th-century American painters Artists from Hoboken, New Jersey Painters from New York City 19th-century American male artists 20th-century American male artists Burials at Flower Hill Cemetery (North Bergen, New Jersey)