| The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07. |
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| Maurer, Alfred Henry |
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(môr´ r) (KEY) , 1868–1932, American painter, b. New York City. He was apprenticed as a lithographer, taught himself painting, and went to Europe in 1897, studying briefly at the Académie Julian, Paris. While in Paris he was the first American painter to take a significant interest in fauvist and cubist painting. Most of his later work retains this influence; his paintings vary from elongated female heads to subtly restrained and balanced still lifes. Among his works in museums are Two Heads (Berkshire Mus., Pittsfield, Mass.); Still Life with Pears (Addison Gall., Andover, Mass.); and Self-Portrait with a Hat (Walker Art Center, Milwaukee). | 1 | | See biography by E. McCausland (1951). | 2 |
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