Buehr family papers

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Buehr family papers

1880-1984

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The Buehr family papers date from 1880-1984 and measure 0.7 linear feet. The collection documents the lives and careers of a prominent Chicago family of artists, which included Karl Albert Buehr, his wife Mary Hess Buehr, their children Kathleen Buehr Granger and George F. Buehr, and Karl Buehr's brother-in-law, Will Hess. Found among the papers are biographical accounts, family histories, Karl Buehr's personal and professional correspondence, love letters between Karl and Mary Hess, writing by various family members, printed materials, artwork in the form of drawings by Kathleen Buehr Granger, and family and travel photographs, including two photo albums.

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Granger, Kathleen B.

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Buehr family.

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German-born Karl Buehr was a painter of genre scenes, portraits and Impressionist landscapes. He studied at the Art Institute, the Julian Academy in France and the London School of Art. From 1899 to 1902 he lived in Holland, then spent the first decade of the twentieth century as a neighbor of Monet at Giverny. A member of the Giverny artists, Buehr exhibited widely in Europe. In Chicago, he became a highly respected teacher at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and one of the city's mos...

Granger, Kathleen B. (Kathleen Buehr), 1902-

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Buehr, George Frederick, 1905-1983.

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Buehr, Mary Guion Hess, 1871-1962.

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Buehr family

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Born in 1865 in Germany, Karl Albert Buehr was a painter of genre scenes, portraits, and Impressionist landscapes. He studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Julian Academy in France and the London School of Art. From 1899 to 1902 he lived in Holland, and then spent the first decade of the twentieth century at Giverny, France. A member of the Giverny artists, Buehr exhibited widely in Europe. Buehr became a U.S. citizen and served in the U.S. Cavalry during the Spanish-American...

Buehr, Karl Albert, 1866-1952

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