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Nicola Marschall

Nicola Marschall (1829 - 1917) was active/lived in Alabama, Kentucky / Germany.  Nicola Marschall is known for Formal portrait, idealized figure, landscape and religious theme painting.

A prolific portrait painter and generally accepted designer of the first National Confederate Flag, known as the "Stars and Bars," Nicola Marschall (1829-1917) was probably Alabama's most celebrated portrait artist. Born in St. Wendel, in Rhenish Prussia (now the German state of Saarland), Marschall came from a family of prominent and successful vintners and tobacco merchants. His father founded the Marschall Tobacco Company in St. Wendel, which still stands.

Marschall began studying art and music at an early age, and in 1849 he decided to pursue his talents further by emigrating to the United States after securing lodging with a relative in Mobile, Alabama. By August 1851, Marschall had joined the faculty of the Marion Female Seminary and established a studio in Marion, in west-central Alabama. A brochure described Marschall as "a pupil of the celebrated Dusseldorf Academy, and for accuracy of drawing, boldness of conception and richness of coloring, is unsurpassed by any arti   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5250 characters.]  Artist bio

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10 Book References for Nicola Marschall
Year Author Title Pages Color
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1998 Stevenson, Lauralee Trent Confederate Soldier Artists, Painting The South's War 142 Yes
1992 Pennington, Estill Curtis A Southern Collection 246 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two) 396 Yes
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Chambers, Bruce W Art and Artists of the South Robert P Coggins Collection
(Exhibition catalog)
149 Yes
1976 Milwaukee Art Center From Foreign Shores Three Centuries...Foreign Born American Masters
(Exhibition catalog)
186 Yes
1957 Groce, George; David Wallace The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860 759 No
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