Henry Raschen
Henry Raschen (born October 2, 1854 in Oldenburg , † August 24, 1937 in Oakland ) was an American painter of German descent.
Raschen came to the United States with his parents as a child in 1868 . The family settled in Fort Ross , the father of the family became a farmer. Raschen went back to Germany to study and studied from October 12, 1876 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Munich .
Back in the United States, Henry Raschen moved to San Francisco in 1883 . In San Francisco he temporarily shared a studio with Carl von Perbandt . Perbandt and Raschen also traveled together, "lived the bohemian life" and painted views of Northern California, particularly Sonoma , Humboldt and Mendocino counties. For some time they lived in Fort Ross among the Pomo Indians and also shared a studio there.
After the 1906 San Francisco earthquake , he moved to Oakland . In addition to landscape painting, he also dealt with genre and portrait painting.
literature
- Harry Flayderman: Henry Raschen. Painter of the American West . 1958.
- American Paintings in the Brooklyn Museum: Artists Born by 1876 , Volume 2. 2006, pp. 876-877.
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| SURNAME | Raschen, Henry |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Raschen, Heinrich (German) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American landscape painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 2, 1854 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oldenburg |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1937 |
| Place of death | Oakland |