Artist Biography

Eugen NEUHAUS
1879 - 1963

Karl Eugen Neuhaus was born in Barmen (Wuppertal), Germany on September 18, 1879. Early in life he worked as a house painter while studying at the Royal Art School in Kassel and the Berlin Royal Institute for Applied Arts. He immigrated to San Francisco in 1904 and established a studio across the hall from William Keith at 424 Pine Street. After the disaster of 1906, he lived briefly on the Monterey Peninsula and was one of the founders of the Del Monte Art Gallery. From 1907-09 he taught at the San Francisco Institute of Art and, from 1908-49, was head of the art department at the University of California at Berkeley. At the Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915 he served on the Jury of Awards and exhibited six entries. He often signed his paintings with his initials "EN." Neuhaus lectured all over the state on art history and was the author of several books on the subject. Some of his more notable books are Art of the Exposition; Galleries of the Exposition; History and Ideals of American Art; William Keith, the Man and the Artist; Art of Treasure Island; and his autobiography, Drawn From Memory. His Impressionist landscapes and still lifes, as well as his contribution as a teacher and writer, have earned him a lasting place in California art. He died in Berkeley on October 29, 1963. Member: San Francisco Art Ass'n; Bohemian Club. Exh: San Francisco Art Ass'n, 1906-46; Del Monte Art Gallery (Monterey), 1907-14; Alaska-Yukon Expo (Seattle), 1909 (medal); Vickery, Atkins & Torrey (San Francisco), 1910 (solo); California Palace of Legion of Honor, 1930 (solo); San Francisco Museum of Art Inaugural, 1935; Mills College, 1964 (solo); Oakland Museum, 1981. Works held: California Historical Society; Oakland Museum; Crocker Museum (Sacramento); Haggin Museum (Stockton); Cowell Hospital (Berkeley); San Francisco Museum of Art; Philomathean Club (Stockton); Mills College (Oakland); Monterey Peninsula Museum; University of California at Berkeley; Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Santa Cruz City Museum; Stanford University.

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