Arthur William Woelfle (1873 - 1936) Oil on canvas, signed lower right, measures 20 x 24 inches and 24 x 28.5 inches. A painter, lecturer and instructor, Arthur William Woelfle was born in Trenton, New Jersey on December 17, 1873. He was one of six children born to Louis and Bertha Nick Woelfle. Woelfle studied art at the Brooklyn Institute under Professor Boyle where he won a scholarship. He also studied under Will H. Low and C.Y. Turner at the National Academy of Design in New York and also under Carroll Beckwith and Siddons Mowbray at the Art Students League. He later studied in Paris and at the Munich Academy where he was awarded an honorable mention in 1897. he artist seems to have settled for a time in Erie, Pennsylvania, where he exhibited between 1899 and 1905 in the local Art Club's yearly exhibits. He also executed a 125 foot mural for the art gallery at the Public Library. He then traveled for a number of years, doing murals and portraits in the Youngstown, Ohio area.

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