William Merritt Chase American, 1849-1916
Portrait of Louis Prang, 1884
Oil on canvas
41 1/2 x 30 1/2 inches
Signed center right "WM M Chase"
Louis Prang (1824-1909) is known as the 'Father of the American Christmas Card.' Prang immigrated to Boston from Silesia and started a chromolithographic printing company, L. Prang & Co. He...
Louis Prang (1824-1909) is known as the 'Father of the American Christmas Card.' Prang immigrated to Boston from Silesia and started a chromolithographic printing company, L. Prang & Co. He started printing Christmas greeting cards between 1873-1875 and later printed cards for other holidays. He was also the leading producer of Fine Art prints of the era reproducing many paintings of the period.
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