Fred A. Precht
Born1863
Died1942
OccupationAmerican painter

Fred A. Precht (1863–1942) was a painter of portraits and interior scenes.

Life

Precht was born in Germany on November 29, 1863[1] and immigrated to the United States in 1880, at age 16.[2] He lived and worked in New York City, exhibiting in the Society of Independent Artists, the National Academy of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts between 1917 and 1930.[3] He died in 1942.[4]

References

  • Falk, Peter Hastings, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975, Madison, CT, Sound View Press, 1999, Vol. III, p. 2657.
  • Jacobsen, Anita, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists, Dallas, Texas, A. J. Publications, 2002, Vol. I, Book III, p. 2592.
  • National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.), Pennsylvania Academy Moderns, 1910-1940, Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975, p. 40.

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