Biografie von Peter I KRÄMER (1823-1907)

Birth place: Zweibrücken, Germany

Death place: Brooklyn, NY

Addresses: Phila., active 1848-57; Germany, 1858-; NYC and Brooklyn

Profession: Painter and lithographer

Exhibited: Boston AC, 1883; NAD, 1883

Comments: Came to the U.S. in 1848. He worked for lithographers Peter S. Duval (see entry) and the Rosenthal brothers (see entries for Louis, Max, Morris, and Simon) in Philadelphia before returning in 1858 to Germany, where he set up a business in Stuttgart. He was later exiled for caricaturing the Bavarian king and returned to the U.S., where he opened a studio in NYC. His son and grandson, namesakes, also were artists. Also appears as Kraemer.

Sources: G&W; Thieme-Becker; Peters, America on Stone; Phila. CD 1852-59; 7 Census (1850), Pa., LI, 923; Perry, Expedition to Japan.