Karl Stecher | |
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| Born | 5 March 1831 |
| Died | 27 December 1923 (aged 92) Wichita, Kansas, U.S |
| Known for | Stained glass windows in Little Church Around the Corner |
| Movement | Realism |
Karl Franz Stecher, also known as Charles F. Stecher or Stetcher (5 March 1831 [1] [2] - 27 December 1923) was a German painter.
Stecher first studied painting and music in Karlsruhe, Germany. [2] Afterwards he moved to Paris where he did figures for stained glass windows and painted watercolours. [2] Later in life Stecher claimed that in Paris he had been visited by and played organ for Napoleon III, and also had befriended Realist artists like Rosa Bonheur and Jean-François Millet. [3] In 1874 he moved to New York where he designed all the windows for Church of the Transfiguration in Manhattan. [2] Stecher appears to have worked for lithographic Schumacher & Ettlinger company. In 1885 a painting executed by Stecher, and designed by Theodore Schumacher became an object of a copyright lawsuit Schumacher v Schwencke. [4] [5] 5 years before his death Stecher moved with his son to Wichita in Kansas, where he continued painting into his 90s. [6] In Wichita he made a reputation as a portrait artist, but also as a painting and book collector with wide interests. [3] He is buried in Old Mission Cemetery in Wichita. [1]
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