Went to California. Attended Irvington College two years.
Mechanic and builder of church organs.
In charge of city electric plant.
Commodore of San Francisco Model Yacht Club.
Member of Presbyterian Church, later Episcopal Church.
Born in Carthage, IL on Aug. 15, 1861. Genung was a resident of Sacramento in 1881 while working as a machinist. By 1898 he had settled in San Francisco where he was a building contractor until his demise on April 12, 1937. A self-taught artist, his landscapes have a naive charm and appear to have been done prior to 1915. He exhibited at the California State Fair, 1881-84.
Went to California. Attended Irvington College two years.
Mechanic and builder of church organs.
In charge of city electric plant.
Commodore of San Francisco Model Yacht Club.
Member of Presbyterian Church, later Episcopal Church.
Born in Carthage, IL on Aug. 15, 1861. Genung was a resident of Sacramento in 1881 while working as a machinist. By 1898 he had settled in San Francisco where he was a building contractor until his demise on April 12, 1937. A self-taught artist, his landscapes have a naive charm and appear to have been done prior to 1915. He exhibited at the California State Fair, 1881-84.
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