Fred A. Precht Explained

Fred A. Precht
Birth Date:	1863
Birth Place:	Germany
Death Date:	1942
Occupation:	American painter

Fred A. Precht (1863–1942) was a painter of portraits and interior scenes.

Life

Precht was born in Germany on November 29, 1863^[1] and immigrated to the United States in 1880, at age 16.^[2] He lived and worked in New York City, exhibiting in the Society of Independent Artists, the National Academy of Design and the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts between 1917 and 1930.^[3] He died in 1942.^[4]

References

• Falk, Peter Hastings, Who was Who in American Art, 1564-1975, Madison, CT, Sound View Press, 1999, Vol. III, p. 2657.
• Jacobsen, Anita, Jacobsen's Biographical Index of American Artists, Dallas, Texas, A. J. Publications, 2002, Vol. I, Book III, p. 2592.
• National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.), Pennsylvania Academy Moderns, 1910-1940, Washington, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1975, p. 40.

External links

• Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museum
• Fred A. Precht in AskART

Notes and References

1. [c:File:Fred_A._Precht,_Petition_for_Naturalization.jpg|Petition for Naturalization]
2. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fred_A._Precht,_Petition_for_Naturalization.jpg Petition_for_Naturalization
3. http://www.askart.com/askart/artist.aspx?artist=111515 Fred A. Precht in AskART
4. https://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/29518200_original-oil-on-canvas-by-american-artist-fred-a-precht LiveAuctioneers.com