Louis Charles Moeller (5 August 1855 – 1930) was an American
genre painter
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.
Biography
He was born in New York City. He was the son of a decorative painter, with whom he served a three years' apprenticeship. He then studied painting in New York with
E. M. Ward and
Will Hicok Low, and in
Munich
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with
Feodor Dietz and
Frank Duveneck
Frank Duveneck (né Decker; October 9, 1848 – January 3, 1919) was an American figure and portrait painter.
Early life
Duveneck was born in Covington, Kentucky, the son of German immigrant Bernhard Decker. Decker died in a cholera epidemic whe ...
. His meager resources obligated him to return from Munich back home to New York in 1883, where he again devoted himself to decorative painting.
The year of his return, he submitted ''A Girl in a Snow-Storm'' to the
National Academy of Design
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's annual exhibition. The following year he submitted ''Puzzled'', and was awarded the First
Hallgarten Prize
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. He was elected an Associate of the National Academy in 1884, and elected an Academician in 1895. He died in
Weehawken, New Jersey
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Works
Among his paintings are:
* “An Interior” (1886)
* “A Doubtful Investment”
* "A Good Start in Life" (1909)
* “A Siesta”
* “Bluffing”
* ”Discussing the News”
* ”Card Players” (ca. 1875)
* ”Elderly Couple Seated at Table”
* ”Interior of an Artist's Studio”
* "Jolly Topers" (ca. 1880)
* ”Legal Advise”
* “Morning News”
* “Road to School” (1883)
* “Short Measure” (1885)
* “Stubborn”
* "The Bibliomaniacs"
* "The Chemist"
* "Tea Party" (1905)
* ”Tending the Cows”
* ”Unknown Man”
* "Interested"
Gallery
File:Sculptor's Studio MET ap67.70.jpg, ''Sculptor's Studio'', 1880s, Metropolitan Museum of Art
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, New York
File:Appraisement MET ap1973.166.2.jpg, ''Appraisement'', by 1888, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
File:A Discussion MET ap1971.247.jpg, ''A Discussion'', ca. 1890–95, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
File:Home Again (1903) by Louis Moeller.jpg, ''Home Again'', 1903, The Athenaeum, Boston
File:Louis Charles Moeller - 'Different Opinions', High Museum.JPG, ''Different Opinions'', High Museum of Art
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, Atlanta
File:Conversation by Louis Moeller, undated, oil on canvas - New Britain Museum of American Art - DSC09346.JPG, ''Conversation'', New Britain Museum of American Art
The New Britain Museum of American Art is an art museum in New Britain, Connecticut. Founded in 1903, it is the first museum in the country dedicated to American art.
A total of 72,000 visits were made to the museum in the year ending June 30, 200 ...
, New Britain
File:The dubious tale, by Louis Charles Moeller.jpg, ''The Dubious Tale'', private collection
Notes
References
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* This work in turn cites:
** Michael David Zellman, ''300 Years of American Art''
Attribution
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External links
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*A more complete list of paintings is available from th
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
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1855 births
1930 deaths
American genre painters
19th-century American painters
American male painters
20th-century American painters
19th-century American male artists
20th-century American male artists