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George Hetzel  American  1826 -1906
Born: Hangviller  France 
Died: Somerset Pennsylvania  
Active: Pittsburgh Pennsylvania  1828-1847, 1850-on
  Germany 1847-1849
Scalp Level Pennsylvania  1850s
Addresses:  Pittsburgh Pennsylvania   
Studied: Pittsburgh 
Dusseldorf Academy 1846-1848
Instructors: Karl Ferdinand Sohn 1846-1848
Exhibited: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1855-1869, 1876-1881, 1885, 1891
Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia 
National Academy of Design 1865-1882
Pittsburgh Sanitary Fair 
Examples of Work: Philadelphia Museum of Art 
Specialty: Instructor
Painter
Style/School: Hudson River School
Subjects Known For: Landscapes
Still Life
Portraits
Figural
Teaching Positions: Pittsburgh School of Design for Women 
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George Hetzel was born in Alsace, France (near Strasbourg) in 1826 and died in Pittsburg in 1899. The Hetzels moved to Pittsburgh when George was only two years old. They were forced to leave Germany in 1849 because of... (More)
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