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Last Name Kurtz

Given Name William

alt. Names W. K. ;

Marriage yes

Children four daughters, and three sons

Year born 1833 in Hessen, Germany

Year died 1904

Place of death Far Rockaway, Queens.

Father's occupation

Relatives

Education apprentice of lithographer in Offenbach am Main; showed considerable artistic talent, first exhibitions while at art school

Country of Activity United States of America

Worked for

Patronage

Collaborators since 1865 partnership with fellow photographer George Rockwood ;

Techniques one of USA's first commercial practitioners of reproducing photographic plates in halftone prints, also called Naturfarbendruck or autotypie

Sample(s) wp.radiertechniken.de/techniken-mit-chromgelatine/atzen-von-gelatinebeschichteten-platten www.georgeglazer.com/archives/prints/com/atlanticprojectors

Archival sources http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Kurtz

Published sources

other German-American artist, illustrator, and photographer. He was also a pioneer in the development of halftone printing of color photographs; he joined the British German Legion, went to fight in the Crimean War, since 1859 active in New York City

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