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Johann Philip Gerke

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Johann Philip Gerke

Birth
Landkreis Kassel, Hessen, Germany
Death
13 Sep 1847 (aged 36)
Saint Louis, St. Louis City, Missouri, USA
Burial
Saint Jacob, Madison County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
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Artist whose subjects included portraits, history, and human activities in Minnesota and the Missouri River valley to include St. Louis.

From "German Immigrant Artists in America: A Biographical Dictionary", Peter C. Merrill, 1997 --
Painter of portraits and historical scenes. In New York 1837-1844.Gerke began his training in Hamburg and later studied at the Munich Academy, remaining for some time in Munich... One of his paintings exhibited showed Columbus looking at America for the first time."

The son of Henry Christian Gerke, he was born in Hesse Cassel, Germany. Also lived in New York.
Artist whose subjects included portraits, history, and human activities in Minnesota and the Missouri River valley to include St. Louis.

From "German Immigrant Artists in America: A Biographical Dictionary", Peter C. Merrill, 1997 --
Painter of portraits and historical scenes. In New York 1837-1844.Gerke began his training in Hamburg and later studied at the Munich Academy, remaining for some time in Munich... One of his paintings exhibited showed Columbus looking at America for the first time."

The son of Henry Christian Gerke, he was born in Hesse Cassel, Germany. Also lived in New York.

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