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August Herman Ludwig Gast

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August Herman Ludwig Gast

Birth
Germany
Death
24 Dec 1891 (aged 72)
Missouri, USA
Burial
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA Add to Map
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GERMAN IMMIGRANT ARTISTS IN AMERICA:A Biographical Dictionary by Peter C.Merrill[1997] Lithographer who studied at Detmold before coming to the US with his brother Leopold ca 1849.He worked briefly in New York and Pittsburgh before settling in St Louis in 1852.By 1883 his lithography firm in St Louis had become one of the largest in the West.Several of his lithographic views were included in an exhibition of Texas lithographs at the Amon Carter Museum in 1986
GERMAN IMMIGRANT ARTISTS IN AMERICA:A Biographical Dictionary by Peter C.Merrill[1997] Lithographer who studied at Detmold before coming to the US with his brother Leopold ca 1849.He worked briefly in New York and Pittsburgh before settling in St Louis in 1852.By 1883 his lithography firm in St Louis had become one of the largest in the West.Several of his lithographic views were included in an exhibition of Texas lithographs at the Amon Carter Museum in 1986


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