Karl Kröner

Karl Kröner (7 April 1887 – 3 October 1972) was a German painter and writer. Between 1904 and 1908 he studied at the

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in Dresden. He worked till 1910 as a freelancer in

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and studied again from 1910 to 1914 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Dresden under Eugen Bracht and

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. After going on a study trip to the Baltic Sea and the Netherlands, he moved to Niederlößnitz in 1914 to live with

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and

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. There he worked as a freelance artist. Between 1915 and 1918 he was a soldier in the First World War. In 1923 and 1924 he went on two trips to Italy. Between 1924 and 1933 he was a member of the Artists' Association. 1887 births 1972 deaths 20th-century German painters 20th-century German male artists German male painters {{Germany-painter-stub