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Jean Mannheim

Jean Mannheim was born in Nahe, Germany on November 18, 1863. After being drafted into the German Army, Mannheim deserted and fled to France where he studied at Ecole Delecluse, Academie Colarossi, and with DeLancey and Bouguereau. Having learned book binding early in life, he used this trade to support himself while studying art in Paris. Upon immigrating to the United States in the 1880's, he painted portraits in Chicago and taught in a Decatur art school. Shortly after the turn of the century, he accepted a position at Frank Brangwyn's School in London where he remained for two years. After returning to the U.S., he taught at the Denver Art School and in 1908, made his final move to Pasadena and built a home in the Arroyo Seco. Mannheim maintained a studio in the Blanchard Building in Los Angeles where he exhibited and taught. In 1913, Mannheim founded the Stickney Memorial School of Fine Arts in Pasadena. In Paris his work consisted mainly of figure studies, it was not until after his move to the U.S. that he began painting the bright landscapes for which he is nationally known. Mannheim was a member of the Laguna Beach Art Association, the Pasadena Fine Arts Club, the Long Beach Art Association and the California Club. Mannheim died in Pasadena on September 6, 1945.

Biography courtesy of DeRu's Fine Arts, www.antiquesandfineart.com/derus

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