Biografie von Albert Henry KREHBIEL (1873-1945)

Birth place: Chicago

Death place: Evanston, IL

Addresses: Park Ridge, IL

Profession: Mural painter, teacher, painter

Studied: AIC; F. Richardson; with Jean Paul Laurens at Acad. Julian, in Paris, 1902.

Exhibited: AIC; PAFA Ann., 1920-31 (7 times); PMA; NYC; Paris Salon. Awards: Am. traveling scholarship, Municipal Art League prize; Clyde Carr prize; four gold medals, Julien's.

Member: Chicago PS; Chicago WCC; Cliff Dwellers; Mural Painters

Work: murals, Supreme Court, Springfield, IL.

Comments: Founder of the A.K. Studio, Saugatuck, MI. Positions: teacher, AIC, Armour Inst., Chicago.

Sources: WW40; Archives of American Art Journal vol.27, No. 2, 1987, p.38; Ness & Orwig, Iowa Artists of the First Hundred Years, 127; reports that Krehbiel was born in Denmark, IA.; Falk, Exh. Record Series.