Cook County IL Archives News.....Louis Kurz, Famous Artist, Friend of Lincoln Dies 1921
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Journal Of IL State Historical Society, Vol 14 1921
Louis Kurz, 87 years old, well known artist and painter of church paintings 
died at his home at 2141 North Clark Street early Monday morning, March 21st. 
Mr. Kurz, who was one of the founders of the Art Institute, came to Chicago in 
1852. He founded the lithographing house of Kurz and Allison. Mr. Kurz was a 
friend of Logan, Lincoln, Grant, and Longfellow. During the Civil War Lincoln 
asked him to make sketches of the battlefields and his pictures were the first 
to be issued after the close of the war. "Washington's Entry into Trenton" was 
one of his famous historical paintings. Mr. Kurz is survived by four sons and 
three daughters.

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Source: Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society, Published Quarterly 
by the Illinois State Historical Society, Springfield, Illinois. Vol. 14 April-
July, 1921 No. 1-2.

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