FELIX RUSSMANN  1888-1962
AN AMERICAN ARTIST - LOST IN THE SHADOWS
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 RUSSMANN IN MUNICH, GERMANY CA.1906-08 ATTENDING FRANZ VON STUCK ATELIER ITS THOUGHT HE SPENT ABOUT 2 - 2 1/2 YEARS THERE.

FELIX RUSSMANN, CA. EARLY 1950'S

RUSSMANN (L)  WITH ARTIST FRIEND LEON LUNDMARK THE TWO OFTEN TRAVELLED TOGETHER ON SELLING TRIPS  ( mostly to Minnesota) . LUNDMARK WAS PRIMARILY KNOWN FOR HIS MARINE PAINTINGS. ONE OFLUNDMARK'S MOST WELL KNOWN STUDENTS WAS LESTER CHANEY. LUNDMARK SUFFERED FROM SPINAL PROBLEMS, SHOWN HUNCHED OVER.

ON RIGHT,TOP,  FELIX AND 1ST WIFE HELEN (MONTGOMERY)  
 3 RUSSMANN CHILDREN ON RIGHT, FRONT
L TO R - FELICIA, HARRIET, BARBARA
PALOS PARK, IL, CA.1926
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REAR-TOP,  LEFT MRS ALBERT DRUCKER
AND HER TWIN SISTER NEXT TO FELIX.
OTHERS UNKNOWN

1922 PORTRAIT OF RUSSMANN, AGE 32 BY NOTED PHOTOGRAPHER EUGENE HUTCHINSON

RUSSMANN ON LEFT, AND UNKNOWN TINY 1X2" PHOTO - APPEARS TO HAVE  BEEN TAKEN IN A PARK. CA.LATE 19TEENS?

 UNKNOWN IS POSSIBLE ARTIST OR ONE HIS BROTHERS, ARTHUR OR ALBIN

TWO "ARTIST'S CARDS" FROM THE ART INSTITUE OF CHICAGO. 1929 & 31.

ADMITS HOLDER TO LIBRARY, LECTURES, RECEPTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS.

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WPA CARD & ANOTHER LATER VIEW OF HIM.

RUSSMANN ATTENDED THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF DESIGN FROM 1904 THROUGH SUMMER OF 1906. LATE IN 1906 RUSSMANN ACQUIRES A PASSPORT, PRESUMABLY FOR  HIS TRAVEL TO MUNICH TO STUDY WITH FRANZ VON STUCK.

IN LATER YEARS RUSSMANN RECEIVED A LETTER OF  RECOMMENDATION FROM EMIL CARLSEN, ONE HIS INSTRUCTORS.

MORE ABOUT THE MUNICH EXPERIENCE IN LATER PAGES.

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