Biografie von Martin T. THURWANGER (?-1890)

Birth place: Mulhausen (Alsace)

Death place: Paris (France)

Addresses: Philadelphia, c.1848

Profession: Lithographer

Studied: art & lithography in Paris

Comments: Thurwanger was in business in Paris with a brother. Sometime about 1848-50 he was brought to America by the Smithsonian Institution and he worked for about 18 months in Philadelphia, but he returned to Paris and worked there until his death.

Sources: G&W; Peters, America on Stone; Portfolio (Feb. 1954), 131, repro.