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Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler

 

Personal Details

Name

Robert Koehler

Place of Birth

Hamburg, Germany

Date of Birth

November 28, 1850

Date of Death

April 23, 1917 (aged 66)

Field

Painting

Nationality

American



Career:

   In 1892 Robert Koehler returned to New York City to work as a portrait artist. The following year he moved to Minneapolis, Minnesota, accepting an offer to be the director of the Minneapolis School of Fine Arts (now the Minneapolis College of Art and Design) Koehler was also involved with the establishment of Minneapolis' Museum of Fine Art, now the Minneapolis Institute of Arts.

   Koehler continued working in Minneapolis, painting portraits and landscapes, teaching painting, and arranging exhibitions, until his sudden death from a heart attack at age 66.

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