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(Adrian) Ludwig Richter, German, 1803-1884, original watercolor, a friend of Louis Prang's family, this watercolor bears the signature L. Richter, 1873 in lower right hand corner. ht. 8, wd. 13 1/2. The date 1873 is significant in this may have been a present to Louis Prang's daughter Rosa during her wedding in 1873 to Karl F. Heinzen son of the famous German philosopher. Louis Prang (1824-1909) was one of the most prolific and influential print publishers of the 19th-century. His Boston-based firm specialized in chromolithography, a technique of printing multi-color lithographs that eliminated the need for labor- and time- intensive hand-coloring. He was known for printing the first Christmas cards in America and was personal friends of many of the leading artists of his day including Winslow Homer. His output ranged from reproductions of paintings and maps to album cards, business cards and greeting cards, and he is credited with being the first publisher of Christmas cards. These publications feature typically Victorian subjects such as flora and fauna, animals, angels and cupids, and children. Prang would be influential in founding the Arts and Crafts Movement in America and was considered the Ruskin of America.
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