Oskar Gross
Illustration — Mural over the entrance of the Franklin Building in Chicago, "The First Impression" (of the Gutenberg Bible) Oskar Gross (1871 - 1963) was an artist in Germany and the United States. Oskar Gross was born in Vienna, he worked in Munich before moving to the United States. His work included decorative murals in buildings for Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan and George C. Nimmons He was also a portraitist.
Oskar Gross
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- Born
- Oskar Gross was born on 1 January 1871.
- Died
- 1963
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator
- Fields
- portrait
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Illustration — Mural over the entrance of the Franklin Building in Chicago, "The First Impression" (of the Gutenberg Bible) Oskar Gross (1871 - 1963) was an artist in Germany and the United States. Oskar Gross was born in Vienna, he worked in Munich before moving to the United States. His work included decorative murals in buildings for Daniel Burnham, Louis Sullivan and George C. Nimmons He was also a portraitist.
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He won a competition in 1898 to paint murals for the Austro-Hungarian state pavilions at the World's Fair in Paris. This led to an offer to work in Chicago. He did paintings for Sullivan's National Farmers Bank in Owatonna, Minnesota, and interior paintings for Chicago's Franklin Building. He returned to portrait painting after 1920. His work includes a portrait of Dankmar Adler displayed in the lobby of Roosevelt University. He died in Chicago in 1963.
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caption: "1. Anamitischer Hut aus Palmblattstreifen. – 2. Französischer Frauenhut (Tschako) aus dem Jahre 1793. – 3. Friesischer Frauenhut. – 4. Festhut aus Bambusgeflecht, mit rot-schwarz-weißem Kattun überzogen und mit Goldblechperlen verziert, von der Insel Borneo. – 5. Sibirischer Frauenhut aus schwarzem Tuch, blau gefüttert, mit weißen Zieraten und gelben und roten Bindebändern."
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caption: "1. „Topur“, in Vorderindien übliche Haube aus Pflanzenmarkplatten und Silberpapier. – 2. Peruanischer Kopfschmuck mit Federn. – 3. Mit Kaurimuscheln besteckter Hut aus dem Gebiet des oberen Weißen Nils. – 4. Haube einer Verlobten aus der schwedischen Landschaft Schonen. 5. In Schweden übliche Frauenhaube. – 6. Japanische Kopfbedeckung aus schwarz lackiertem Drahtgeflecht. – 7. Wiener Dam
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1871
Oskar Gross born.
1963
Oskar Gross died.
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