Karl Stecher

Karl Stecher
Born(1831-03-05)5 March 1831
Oberkirch, Grand Duchy of Baden
Died27 December 1923(1923-12-27) (aged 92)
Wichita, Kansas, U.S
Known forStained glass windows in Little Church Around the Corner
MovementRealism

Karl Franz Stecher, also known as Charles F. Stecher or Stetcher (5 March 1831[1][2] - 27 December 1923) was a German painter.

Life

Stecher first studied painting and music in Karlsruhe, Germany.[2] Afterwards he moved to Paris where he did figures for stained glass windows and painted watercolours.[2] Later in life Stecher claimed that in Paris he had been visited by and played organ for Napoleon III, and also had befriended Realist artists like Rosa Bonheur and Jean-François Millet.[3] In 1874 he moved to New York where he designed all the windows for Church of the Transfiguration in Manhattan.[2] Stecher appears to have worked for lithographic Schumacher & Ettlinger [Wikidata] company. In 1885 a painting executed by Stecher, and designed by Theodore Schumacher became an object of a copyright lawsuit Schumacher v Schwencke.[4][5] 5 years before his death Stecher moved with his son to Wichita in Kansas, where he continued painting into his 90s.[6] In Wichita he made a reputation as a portrait artist, but also as a painting and book collector with wide interests.[3] He is buried in Old Mission Cemetery in Wichita.[1]

  • Along the Danube
    Along the Danube
  • Stained glass from Little Church Around the Corner
    Stained glass from Little Church Around the Corner

References

  1. ^ a b "Karl Stecher (1831-1923) - Find a Grave Memorial". www.findagrave.com. Retrieved 2022-08-14.
  2. ^ a b c d Susan V. Craig (2006). Biographical Dictionary of Kansas Artists (active before 1945) (PDF). p. 355. OCLC 779973315.
  3. ^ a b Emery, O. C. (3 July 1921). "Age Does Not Stop Walnut Grove Artist". The Wichita Beacon Sunday Magazine. p. 2.
  4. ^ Bracha, Oren (December 2016). Owning Ideas: The Intellectual Origins of American Intellectual Property, 1790–1909. Cambridge University Press. p. 135. ISBN 978-0-521-87766-4.
  5. ^ "Schumacher v Schwencke case" (PDF).
  6. ^ "Karl Stetcher". The Art News. 22 (15): 8. 1924. ISSN 0004-3273. JSTOR 25591357.