Kruger, Carl - California Coast

Kruger, Richard Craftsman,(1880- ) Painter. Born in Zitteau Germany. in 1880 of American parents. Kruger was trained in Heidelberg to be a physician. Opting instead for an art career, he studied with Richard Tuetherin Germany and with Schrum in Dresden. An adventuresome spirit led him to New York at age 20. Shortly after arriving he headed west on foot and sketched the deserts along the way. In 1906, he established a studio and school in Los Angeles in the Majestic Bldg. In 1916 he moved to SF into an atelier on Stockton St where he not only painted but made expensive chests and metalwares. His paintings have a romantic, Old World quality to them . Often working at sunrise or sunset, his subjects include the desert, marines,coastals, landscapes, the Golden Gate and scenes around SF Bay Area. Exh: Paris; Munich; Vienna; NYC; Southern California Artist,Chicago, 1909. In: Santa Fe Railway(Grand Canyon) DIM : 28"x36"