Elmer taflinger biography examples

          A native of Indianapolis, Indiana, Elmer Taflinger attended Manual Training High School, where he studied art under Otto Stark ().!

          Last episode, we learned of the short but prolific life of Austrian born, Indianapolis transplant Rudolph Schwarz, sculptor of the Soilders’ and Sailors’ Monument.

          In his later years, he focused on completing his autobiography, "Revolting Hoosier, A Modest Autobiography," which he worked on periodically for.

        1. In his later years, he focused on completing his autobiography, "Revolting Hoosier, A Modest Autobiography," which he worked on periodically for.
        2. Taflinger illustrated a textbook on classical anatomy by George Bridgeman, but he worked primarily on frescos and murals.
        3. A native of Indianapolis, Indiana, Elmer Taflinger attended Manual Training High School, where he studied art under Otto Stark ().
        4. Taflinger, who provided the sketches for the proposed structure, was chosen to carry out the design.
        5. He is listed in Concord Township, Ross County according to the Ohio tax list.
        6. After his untimely death, his art school friend and fellow Austrian ex-pat, Karl Bitter, came to Indianapolis for his friend’s funeral and to make sure Schwarz’s family was provided for. It was to be the last visit Indianapolis by Bitter, before he too met a sudden death.

          But some four decades later, some of Bitter’s finest works would echo his journey from New York to Indianapolis to face an uncertain fate of their own.

          Sculptor Karl Bitter in 1907.

          Karl Theodore Francis Bitter was born in Austria on December 6th, 1867, attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna–where he met young sculptor Rudolph Schwarz–and joined the Austrian army after graduation, where his artistic ambitions were ridiculed by superior officers.

          Bitter fled his tormenters, deserting first to German