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Walter Ufer  American  1876 -1936
Born: Louisville, Kentucky, United States 
Died: Santa Fe, New Mexico, United States 
Studied: Royal Applied Art School, Dresden, Germany 1895-1896
Royal Academy, Dresden 1897-1898
Art Institute of Chicago 
Francis Smith Art Academy 
Royal Academy, Munich 
Exhibited: United States Exposition, Paris 1919
Venice Biennale 1924
Examples of Work: Art Institute of Chicago 
Brooklyn Museum of Art 
Chicago Municipal Collection 
Corcoran Gallery, Washington, DC 
Maryland Institute, Baltimore 
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas 
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia 
Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona 
Stark Museum of Arts, Orange, Texas 
Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art, Tulsa 
Illinois State House, Springfield 
Specialty: Painter
Printmaker
Engraver
Lithographer
Style/School: Realism
Subjects Known For: Landscapes
New Mexico
American Indians
Memberships: Allied Artists of America 
American Federation of Artists 
National Academy of Design ANA 1920; NA 1926
Boston Art Club 
Chicago Society of Artists 
National Arts Club 
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Walter Ufer was born into a German immigrant family in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1893 he sailed to Germany to study art at the Royal Academy in Dresden returning to America three years later, and eventually settling in Chic... (More)

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