Fritz Poock
Carl Rudolph "Fritz" Poock (February 20, 1877 – January 2, 1945) was an American artist born in Germany. He was a noted practitioner of the Plein-Air Painting style, an important movement in pre-World War II Southern California, and a part of the influential Arroyo Seco art scene.
Also recorded as Carl Rudolph "Fritz" Poock
Fritz Poock
- Name
- Carl Rudolph Poock
- Born
- 20 February 1877
- Birthplace
- Halberstadt, Germany
- Died
- 2 January 1945
- Known for
- watercolor
- Movement
- California Plein-Air Painting
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter
VALÉORINE Encyclopedia
VALÉORINE documentary reading
Documentary summary
Carl Rudolph "Fritz" Poock (February 20, 1877 – January 2, 1945) was an American artist born in Germany. He was a noted practitioner of the Plein-Air Painting style, an important movement in pre-World War II Southern California, and a part of the influential Arroyo Seco art scene.
Admitted source layer · organised and presented by VALÉORINE
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Fritz Poock. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q5504995 · wikipedia · Fritz Poock
In this article
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Carl Rudolph Poock • Born — 20 February 1877 • Birthplace — Halberstadt, Germany • Died — 2 January 1945 • Known for — watercolor • Movement — California Plein-Air Painting
Early life
Early life
Fritz Poock was born in Halberstadt, Germany in 1877. He studied with Francisco del Marmol of Spain.
Move to Los Angeles
Move to Los Angeles
In 1905, Poock moved to Los Angeles, eventually settling in the Highland Park neighborhood. He worked in construction — including a stint at Manzanillo, Mexico, where he also painted — and as a mechanical drafter until retiring at age 50 to devote himself full-time to painting.
Career
Career
Fritz Poock worked primarily in watercolor and was a member of the influential California Art Club, painted a mural at Santa Monica High School and had shows at the venerable Stendahl Galleries and the Friday Morning Club. Upon his death in 1945, his wife Doris Poock donated paintings to the City of Los Angeles and to the Southwest Museum of the American Indian.
Life and career
Dated record
Life and career
The full dated record · 2 entries
1877
Fritz Poock was born on 20 February 1877.
1945
Fritz Poock died on 2 January 1945.
Places
Named by the record
Places
Only places the record itself states, plotted where the house gazetteer settles their coordinates. Nothing is inferred from a name or a nationality.
Halberstadt.
Birth place
United States.
Death place
Primary material
Documents and archives
reference work
- “Fritz Poock”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
authority record
- Wikidata, structured authority record Q5504995: Fritz Poock
General reference · Wikidata
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessauthority record
General reference
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 19 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Paintings
18,792 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Fritz MelbyeArtist
- Fritz OsswaldArtist
- Fritz OverbeckArtist
- Fritz PetzholdtArtist
- Fritz QuantArtist
- Fritz SchullerusArtist
- Fritz Schwarz-WaldeggArtist
- Fritz StoltenbergArtist
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Fritz Poock?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.