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August Biehle Paintings

American, 1885-1979
A versatile painter who worked in a variety of genres and styles, August Biehle was active in Cleveland for more than three-quarters of a century. Born in Cleveland in 1885 to German immigrant parents, he apprenticed at an early age to his father, a painter trained in Germany who produced decorative murals for fashionable homes. In 1903 Biehle traveled to Europe to receive a formal art education. After a brief stint in Paris, he studied for two years at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich. Returning to America, he attended evening classes at the Cleveland School of Art, 1906-9, studying with Frederick Gottwald. Although Biehle worked as a consultant for the Sherwin-Williams Paint Company, his interest in easel painting compelled him in 1910 to make a second trip to study in Munich, where he was impressed by the expressionist paintings of the Blue Rider group. In the fall of 1912, after returning to Cleveland, Biehle exhibited his modernist paintings at the Rorimer-Brooks Studios and the Korner & Wood Galleries. To support himself, he worked as a commercial lithographer until he retired in 1952. Around 1913 he became friendly with William Sommer and joined the Kokoon Klub. With Sommer and others he went on painting excursions to Berlin Heights, Ohio. Biehle participated in the exhibition of American modernists at the Taylor Gallery (1914). The following year his paintings were displayed in a solo exhibition at the Kokoon Klub, where he continued to show through the 1930s. Although his last solo exhibition was mounted in 1963, Biehle continued to exhibit in group shows through the late 1970s, including the annual May Shows at the Cleveland Museum of Art (1920-77). He died in 1979, having had a career of nearly seventy years. His paintings have been in numerous exhibitions including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Butler Museum in Youngstown, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia and the Whitney Museum in New York City.
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Artist: August Biehle
Landscape in West Virginia w/ Tree, Early 20th Century Cleveland School Artist
Landscape in West Virginia w/ Tree, Early 20th Century Cleveland School Artist

Landscape in West Virginia w/ Tree, Early 20th Century Cleveland School Artist

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August Frederick Biehle American, 1885–1979 Landscape in West Virginia, 1922 Gouache, litho crayon and graphite on paper Signed lower right 19 x 17.5 inches 29.5 x 23.5 inches, frame...

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August Frederick Biehle American, 1885-1979 Creek in the Forest, c. 1949 Gouache, watercolor and litho crayon on board Signed lower right, dated lower left 18 x 24 inches 23.25 x 29....

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1940s August Biehle Paintings

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Crayon, Watercolor, Gouache

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Abstract Floral Still Life, 20th Century Cleveland School Artist

Abstract Floral Still Life, 20th Century Cleveland School Artist

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August Biehle (American, 1885-1979) Flower Still Life, c. 1907 Oil on board Signed lower right 23.25 x 15.5 inches 26.75 x 18.5 inches, framed A versatile painter who worked in a v...

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Berlin Heights, Ohio Towards Lake Erie, Landscape with Trees & Fields
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Berlin Heights, Ohio Towards Lake Erie, Landscape with Trees & Fields

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Located in Beachwood, OH

August Frederick Biehle (1885-1979) Berlin Heights Looking toward Lake Erie, 1929 Gouache on paper Signed and dated lower right 18 x 23 inches 23.25 x 29 inches, framed A versatile ...

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1920s August Biehle Paintings

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Stone Quarry in Berlin Heights, Ohio, Farm Landscape
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1920s August Biehle Paintings

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