Carl Rudolph Krafft
BORN: August 23, 1884 Reading, OH
DIED: October 18, 1938 Oak Park, IL
MARRIED: August 21, 1907 Charlotte Lau of Chicago
TRAINING
1903-1904 Evenings, 1910-1913 days with Harry M. Walcott and Edward Vysekal, 1911 evenings with Antonin Sterba, Art Institute of Chicago
1911, 1913, 1915 Chicago Academyof Fine Arts
1924-1925 Art Institute of Chicago, LeonKroll
Eugene E. Savage
Palette & Chisel Academyof Fine Art
Elmhurst College, Elmhurst, Illinois
ART RELATED EMPLOYMENT
1916 Commercial illustrations and designs[1]
1922 Lectured, South Bend, Indiana Art Festival[2]
1925 Portrait commission, William M. Dangel, Oak Park[3]
1926 Y.M.C.A. Mural, The Triad of Life[4]
Murals for First National Bank of Elmhurst[5]
TEACHING
1915[6], 1926-1927[7] Chicago Academy of Fine Arts, composition and color
1921-1923 Carl R. Krafft Outdoor School of Painting, Wildwood Station, Willow Springs, Illinois[8]
1923, 1924 Art Institute of Chicago, summer outdoor painting[9]
1925-1938 Oak Park Art League;[10]Privately, Oak Park[11]
c.1926 Illinois State Normal University[12]
1927 Humbolt Park summer school, Chicago[13]
1930 Summer sketch classes[14]
RESIDENCES
1884-1888 Reading, Ohio
1888[15]-1926 Chicago[16]
1926-1938 Oak Park
TRAVEL
1908-1910 Brown County, IN[17]
1913-1916, 1920s Ozark Mountains, MO[18]
1916 Western U. S.[19]
1919 Brown County, IN[20]
1920, 1921 Galena, MO[21]
1923 Pennsylvania[22]
1925 Hudson River area, NY[23]
1926 Hudson River area, NY[24]
MEMBERSHIPS/OFFICES
A Painter Group of the Midwest[25]
All-Illinois Society of Fine Art
Allied Artists of America
Artists’ Guild, Chicago
Arts Club of Chicago
Association of Chicago Painters & Sculptors (secretary-treasurer 1923-1924[26])
Chicago Galleries Association
Cliff Dwellers Club
Chicago Society of Artists (secretary 1918-1920,[27]vice-president 1921-1923)[28]
Delta Phi Delta art fraternity (honorary 1926)
Grand Central Art Galleries
Illinois Academy of Fine Arts
Municipal Art League of Springfield, MO (founder)[29]
Oak Park Art League (founder, president 1921-1922; board of directors many years)
Palette & Chisel Club
Society of painters of the Forest Preserve (founder 1920)[30]
Society of Ozark Painters (founder 1914)[31]
HONORS
1915 Englewood Woman’s Club Prize, Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinity[32]
1916 Honorable Mention, Artists’ Guild of Chicago
1916 Municipal Art League Purchase Prize, Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinity[33]
1917 Fine Arts Building Prize, Artists’ Guild of Chicago[34]
1920 Bronze Medal, Peoria Society of Allied Arts[35]
1920 Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Logan Second Medal, Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinity[36]
1920 Bronze Medal, Illinois Artists Exposition
1920 Honorable Mention, Friends of Our Native Landscape[37]
1921 Chicago Society of Artists Silver Medal, Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinity[38]
1922 Silver Medal (Second Prize), Central States Exhibition, Aurora[39]
1925 Harry A. Frank Figure Composition Prize, Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinity[40]
1925 Mr. & Mrs. Frank G. Logan First Medal, Art Institute, Chicago & Vicinity[41]
1925 Honorable Mention, Springfield, MA Art Association[42]
1925 Gold Medal of Honor, Allied Artists of America[43]
1926 (Mar.) Fourth Purchase Prize, Chicago Galleries Association
1927 (May) Third Purchase Prize, Chicago Galleries Association
1927 (Dec.) Fourth Purchase Prize, Chicago Galleries Association[44]
1928 (May) Purchase Prize, Chicago Galleries Association
1928 Purchase Prize, Illinois Academy of Fine Arts annual
1929 (Dec.) Second Purchase Prize, Chicago Galleries Association[45]
1929 Allen Pea[r]l Prize, Oak Park Art League[46]
1930 (May, Dec) Fifth Purchase Prize, Chicago Galleries Association
JURIES SERVED
Chicago Galleries Association semi-annual 1929 (Spring)
Hoosier Salon 1927
Pan-American Exhibition, Los Angeles Museum of Art 1925
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts annual 1919, 1922, 1927
Rockford Art Association 1926
St. Louis Art Museum 1925[47]
Wisconsin Painters & Sculptors Society 1923
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
A Century of Progress Exposition, Illinois Host Building 1933
Akron Art Museum, American Artists 1926
All-Illinois Society of Fine Art annual 1927, 1932, 1933, 1935, 1936
All-Illinois Society of Fine Art, Century of Progress Exhibition 1933[48]
American Watercolor Society annual 1926
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress 1934[49]
Art Institute of Chicago, American Watercolors 1925[50]
Art Institute of Chicago, Palette and Chisel Club 1916
Art Institute of Chicago, Wild Flowers Preservation Society 1921
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago & Vicinity 1918[51]
Artists’ Guild of Chicago annual 1915
Arts Club of Chicagofirst annual 1916[52]
Association of Chicago Painters & Sculptors annual 1925, 1927, 1928, 1935, 1937, 1938
Association of Chicago Painters and Sculptors, Home Planning building, A Century of Progress1933[53]
Aurora Art League, Prominent American Artists 1921, 1926
Brooks Museum of Art, Memphis, Exhibition by Chicago Artists 1918, 1920
Brush and Pencil Club, St. Louis, Ozark Mountain Sketches By Members Of The Palette And Chisel Club 1913
Carnegie Institute annual 1926[54]
Carson, Pirie, Scott Gallery Joliet Woman's Club 1927
Century of Progress Exposition, Illinois Host Building 1933
Chicago Galleries Association semi-annual 1926-1931 (1st-11th)[55], annual 1937
Chicago Galleries Association, member’s summer show 1930[56]
Chicago Galleries Association, March small group show 1932[57]
Chicago Galleries Association, Ten Artists of Oak Park 1933[58]
Chicago Galleries Association, Prize Winning Paintings from Chicago Exhibitions of Past Years 1933 (June)
Chicago Society of Artists multi-city exhibition 1923[59]
Cincinnati Art Museum, Annual American 1923-1926
Cincinnati Art Museum, International Watercolors 1925
Corcoran Gallery of Art biennial 1923, 1926, 1928
Garfield Park Gallery, Municipal Art League Collection 1936
Grable’s Art Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois 1925[60]
Illinois Academy of Fine Arts annual 1926, 1928, 1929, 1931
Illinois Club, Artists of Chicago & Vicinity 1929
Marshall Field & Co. Gallery, Six Chicago Painters 1919[61]
McCaughen-Burr Galleries, Society of Ozark Painters 1915
National Academy of Design annual 1919, 1920, 1922-1929,[62] 1930
Oak Park Art League annual 1928, 1929
Oak Park Art League, Benefit Exhibit 1938
Palette & Chisel Club annual 1916[63]
Panama-Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, Illinois State Building 1915
Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts annual 1918, 1919, 1922-1924, 1926-1928
Proviso Township Schools, Oak Park Art League 1929
Purdue University 1965
Renaissance Society, American Oil Paintings and French Watercolors[64]
Rockford Art Association, Seven Chicago Artists 1928[65]
South Shore Country Club, Famous American Painters 1920
St. Louis Art League
St. Louis Art Museum, American Annual 1917, 1919, 1921, 1923, 1925-1928
Thurber Art Gallery, Chicago, Painters of the Forest Preserve 1919[66]
Villa Favorita, Thyssen-Bornemisza Foundation, Lugano-Castagnola (Switzerland) 1990[67]
West End Woman’s Club 1935
ONE, TWO OR THREE MAN EXHIBITIONS
1914 Taneycomo Club, Missouri[68]
1914 Springfield Club, Missouri[69]
1914 Palette & Chisel Club, Ozark Mountainscenes[70]
1914 His studio, 606 S. Michigan, The Shepherd of the Hills[71]
1915 Palette & Chisel Club
1917 (12/18) Harvester Building, Chicago Paintings of the Ozarks[72]
1918 J. W. Young, Galleries, Chicago[73]
1919 O’Brien’s Galleries, Chicago[74]
1920 Art Institute of Chicago[75]
1922 (5/29) Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Gallery[76]
1923 Arthur Ackermann & Sons Galleries, Chicago[77]
1923 Decatur, Illinois Institute of Civic Arts
1924 John Hanna Galleries, Detroit
1924 Robert C. Vose Gallery, Boston[78]
1924 Progress Club, South Bend, Indiana[79]
1924 Richmond, IN Art Association[80]
1924 Lobby of School of Art Institute of Chicago[81]
1925 Grable’s Art Gallery, Oak Park, Illinois
1925 (Jan.) Austin, Oak Park and River Forest Art League[82]
1925 (Nov.) Austin, Oak Park and River Forest Art League[83]
1926 Chicago Galleries Association with Paul Trebilcock and Irma Rene Koen[84]
1926 Austin, Illinois (Oak Park/Chicago) Y. M. C. A.[85]
1926 Rockford Art Association[86]
1926 Hinsdale, Illinois Woman’s Club[87]
1926 Austin Woman’s Club, held at Austin Y. M. C. A., Chicago[88]
1926 Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co. Gallery[89]
1928 Illinois Women’s Athletic Club[90]
1928 Decatur Institute of Civic Arts[91]
1929 Chicago Galleries Association[92]
1930 Chicago Galleries Association, Small Paintings[93]
1931 Richardson Galleries, Oak Park[94]
1932 H. Lieber Galleries, Indianapolis[95]
1934 Chicago Woman’s Club[96]
1934 O. W. Richardson Rug House[97]
1935 Chicago Galleries Association[98]
1936 Davis Store Gallery, Chicago[99]
1936 Edgewater Beach Hotel
1937 Oak Par Art League[100]
1938 Chicago Galleries Association[101]
1939 Art Institute of Chicago[102]
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
South Shore Country Club, Tree Tapestry, deaccessioned[103]; Union League Club of Chicago[104]
INTERESTING NOTES[105]
Krafft was the son of Carl F. Krafft, an evangelical reverend from a family of five boys and two girls. Two of his siblings were also ministers.[106] Krafft’s work has often been compared to that of Daniel Garber. It has been termed by William Gerdts as “Post-Impressionist” Landscape Painting.[107]Later in his career, after being called “A Painter Poet of the Ozarks,”[108] Krafft disavowed being an Ozark painter as he sought a more universal rather than regional following.[109] Krafft said his friend Eugene Savage and Leon Kroll had given him “more sound guidance and inspiration” than he had received from any other source.[110]
[1]August Petrtyl operated a company called the Publicity Art Shop located in the Harvester Building in Chicago. His letterhead did not show any partners however a letter to Frank Werner of the Chicago Commission for the Encouragement of Local Art on February 27, 1915, is signed by Petrtyl as well as Chicago artist Rudolph F. Ingerle and Krafft. The letterhead for Krafft’s letter to Victor Higgins, 3/15/1916, shows Krafft’s office at 606 Michigan Avewith a moniker “Illustrations - Designs.” See also: Edna Sellroe, “Carl R. Krafft: Noted Painter of Oak Park,” Opinion, Vol. 1, No. 7, September 1935, pp. 2-3. The author states he was engaged in commercial art before attending school at the Art Institute of Chicago. This means he probably was working in the field upon his marriage in 1907 or possibly even sooner. Critic Eleanor Jewett noted commercial artist Leon Gordon used to have Krafft paint in the backgrounds of his illustrations. “Art,” Chicago Tribune, 9/26/1920, p.G9.
[2]“South Bend Art Festival,” in “News of the Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 10/17/1922, p.11.
[3]Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 5/31/1925, p.E4.
[4]The location is unspecified in “Carl Krafft Paints Mural for Y.M.C.A.,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 11/23/1926, p.4. A painting of the subject was illustrated in the 11/30 issue, p.4.
[5]Edna Clark, “Krafft, Carl R.,” Ohio Art Artists, (Garrett, 1932), p.473.
[6]“Carl R. Krafft,” An Illustrated Annual of Works by American Artists & Craft Workers, (Chicago: The Artists’ Guild, 1915).
[7]Op. cit., Magazine of the Art World, 11/23/1926, p.4.
[8]Flyer for Carl R. Krafft Outdoor School of Painting, Willow Springs, Illinois, 1923. “Summer Sketch Classes,” “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 6/21/1921. Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Architecture,” Chicago Tribune, 9/11/1921, p.F8. “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 7/18/1922. Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 6/25/1922, p.F10. Arietta Wimer Towne, “Art Notes of the Two Villages,” The Oak Parker, 11/21/1924. The writer states “...motored to the artist’s former summer studio at Willow Springs last Sunday.” This statement implies his summer school was no longer operating at the time he joined the Art Institute of Chicago to teach during the summer of 1924. The property was owned as the Wildwood estate of John T Allison where his wife rented out cottages to people who wanted to stay in the woods. Information on Allison courtesy of Bruce Beveridge, Summit, IL library historian.
[9]A photo of his sketch class appears in “It’s Not Paris,” Chicago Herald-Examiner, 7/26/1923 in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 45. Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 4/29/1923, p.D6.
[10]V. E. Carr, “Oak Park’s Art League Active,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 10/6/1925, p.27. See also: “Oak Park Art League to Expand Territory,” in the 1/10/1928issue, p.12, and Eleanor Jewett, “News of Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 5/27/1928, p.H4, which discusses his outdoor class.
[11]Lena M. McCauley, “Where Local Artists Are Bound for Summer Work and Play,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 6/26/1928, p.6.
[12]Recorded on the verso of a painting he gave to River Forest, IL art supervisor Min Beasley was an inscription stating Krafft was her instructor at the school. From Krafft family records that painting was given to Ms. Beasley in June 1925. Information from ebay website, item number 301672245866, accessed 6/28/2015.
[13]“Carl Krafft Opens Summer Art Class,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 6/7/1927, p.5.
[14]Lena M. McCauley, “Summer Painting Camps,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 8/12/1930, p.6.
[15]“Obituary: The Rev. Carl F. Krafft,” Chicago Tribune, 7/15/1916, p.11.
[16]Oney Fred Sweet, “Beauty Of Oak Park Immortalized On Canvas,” Chicago Sunday Tribune, Metropolitan Section, 10/19/1930, p.1. The author quoted Krafft as saying, “My parents moved to Chicago when I was a youngster and at first we lived on the South side.”
[17]If Krafft was in Brown County it was likely with John Hafen although there is yet to be a footnote to confirm this.
[18]“Art Notes,” ChicagoDaily Journal, 5/5/1916. Krafft states in the article he was influenced to visit the area by reading Harold Bell Wright’s The Shepherd of the Hills. In “Art Notes,” Chicago Journal, 5/5/1916he went on to say the author “had described the very neighborhood which a landscape artist only expects to find in heaven.” Krafft maintained a studio in Hollister and Arcadia, Missouri and traveled between his studios there and Chicago. In Letter from Carl R. Krafft to Miss Alling, IHAP Library, 11/7/1920 Krafft acknowledges it had been five years since his last visit. Dates from the early 1920s are taken from titles of works he exhibited in annual shows at the Art Institute of Chicago.
[19]It was announced in “Chicago Artists and Their World,” Chicago Journal, 4/8/1916in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 34, he would be going West with a new organization known as the “Trailers,” organized by Victor Higgins. They traveled on a studio car furnished by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad. Paintings from the trip were to be shown across the country to encourage interest in the West as a typically American painting ground. “Chicago Artists and Their World,” Chicago Evening Journal, 4/8/1916, in Art Institute of Chicago scrapbooks, vol. 34, p.49.
[20]“Our Artist Friends,” in “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 5/6/1919, p.6, and “In a Personal Way,” op. cit., 6/10/1919, p.11. He traveled there with fellow Oak Park artist Charles Dahlgreen and close friend Rudolph Ingerle. Krafft may have visited there throughout the 1920s. Lena M. McCauley, “Painters of Nature Afield in Indiana,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 5/6/1930, p.8: Krafft sketches in Brown County and is in harmony with its native life.
[21]“Carl Krafft at Galena,” in “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 5/25/1920, p.12. “About Our Friends,” op. cit., 10/5/1920, p.11. “About Our Friends,” “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 11/1/1921. He was there with fellow painter Rudolph Ingerle.
[22]“Paintings At Club: Interior of New Edifice Admirably Adapted for Exhibition,” Oak Parker, 1/4/1924, p.30.
[23]“Going to Hudson River,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 8/18/1925, p.2. Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 8/16/1925, p.G7.
[24]Eleanor Jewett, “Russians Evolve Color Art from ‘Suprematism’,” Chicago Tribune, 8/16/1925, in the Art Institute of Chicago scrapbooks, vol. 50.
[25]“Items,” American Magazine of Art, Vol. 13, February 1922, p.69.
[26]Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 4/15/1923, part 7, p.14. He served this role at the founding of the organization and may have served longer.
[27]Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, Vol. 12, No. 5, p.81. “Mrs. Pauline Palmer President of Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 4/8/1920, p.11.
[28]Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Architecture,” Chicago Tribune, 4/10/1921, p.G10. “Artists Elect Officers,” Chicago Tribune, 4/4/1922, p.23.
[29]“Form Club Here To Promote Interest In Painters’ Works,” Springfield Missouri Republican, 11/6/1915.
[30]“Chicago Artists,” The American Magazine of Art, Vol. 12, No. 11, 11/1921, p. 394.
[31]The Society included Rudolph F. Ingerle, Frank B. Nuderscher, Oscar E. Berninghaus and Carl Waldeck. The latter three were from St. Louis. See also: Lena M. McCauley, “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 11/11/1915, p.8.
[32]The prize was awarded his Ozark Zephyrsand Dreamland. Evelyn Marie Stuart, “Annual Exhibition Of Local Artists,” Fine Arts Journal, Vol. 32, April 1915, p.170.
[33]They purchased his Charms of the Ozarks, illustrated in Bulletin of the Art Institute of Chicago, Vol.10, No. 4, April 1916, p.174, and discussed on pp.179-180.
[34]“Prize Painting At Artists’ Guild,” in “News of the Art World,” Chicago Evening Post, 10/2/1917, p.13. His painting One Autumn Afternoon - Ozarks, was illustrated in the article.
[35]The prize was awarded his In The Gloaming. Eleanor Jewett, “Art,” Chicago Tribune, 11/14/1920, p.G7.
[36]The prize was awarded his Banks of the Gasconade. Eleanor Jewett, “Art: Pleasing Pictures in Exhibition of Chicago Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 2/1/1920, p.F6.
[37]A clipping in the IHAP library states: “In appreciation of Mr. Krafft’s enterprise to seek the picturesque landscape of Illinois, the Friends of Our Native Landscape awarded a ribbon of honorable mention.” The award was made in honor of his one-man exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago, see: Lena M. McCauley, “Friends of Landscape Encourage Painting,” in “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 9/21/1920, p.11.
[38]“C. R. Krafft Wins Art Award,” Chicago Journal, 2/3/1921 in Art Institute of Chicago Scrapbooks, vol. 41.
[39]“Central States Fair,” in “News of the Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 8/22/1922, p.9.
[40]The prize was awarded his Summertime. Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 2/1/1925, p.F6.
[41]The prize was awarded his Mississippi Nocturne, illustrated in op. cit., Jewett, Chicago Tribune, 2/1/1925, p.F6.
[42]The prize was awarded his painting Alex. Information from Krafft painting records, IHAP Library.
[43]“Krafft Given Art Medal,” Chicago American, 12/4/1925 in Art Institute of Chicago scrapbooks, vol. 50. The prize was awarded his Hickory Creek.
[44]The prize was awarded his Bess and Jess, Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists: Prizes Awarded at Galleries,” Chicago Tribune, 1/15/1928, p.G2.
[45]The prize was awarded his Holiday Party, illustrated in “ ‘Brilliant,’ Is Critics’ View of Chicago Galleries’ Semi-annual,” Art Digest, Vol. 4, 1/1/1930, p.10.
[46]Lena M. McCauley, “Suburban Leagues Waking Art Spirit,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 11/19/1929, p.5. The prize was awarded his Snow Symphony, illustrated in the 11/26/1929 issue, p.5. The piece was illustrated again in op. cit., Bulliet, Chicago Daily News, 11/9/1935, p.4.
[47]He served as chairman of the jury, see: American Magazine of Art, Vol. 16, October 1925, p.557.
[48]The All-Illinois Society of the Fine Arts - Incorporated. Century of Progress Exhibition, (Chicago: All Illinois Society of the Fine Arts, 1933).
[49]“This Week in the Art World: ‘Mississippi,’ by Carl Krafft,” Chicago Tribune, 6/3/1934, p.F3. The work was lent from the private collection of Martin Ryerson.
[50]His Along the Road, was illustrated in The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 6/2/1925, p.3, and Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 5/3/1925, p.F12.
[51]His Mystic Spell, was illustrated in the catalogue and in Evelyn Marie Stuart, “Chicago Artists’ Twenty-second Annual Exhibition,” Fine Arts Journal, Vol. 36, March 1918, p.9.
[52]Louise James Bargelt, “Art,” Chicago Tribune, 12/19/1916, p.15.
[53]Eleanor Jewett, “City’s Famous Artists Show Work At Fair: Hang Paintings in Home Planning Building,” Chicago Tribune, 6/20/1933, p.19, and “Art Exhibitions in A Century of Progress Grounds Win Favorable Comments and Attract Many Visitors,” 7/2/1933, part 8, p.6.
[54]His painting Alex, was illustrated in The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 10/18/1927, p.3.
[55]His At Rest, was illustrated in The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 5/15/1928, p.5.
[56]His Winter, was illustrated in The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 7/29/1930, p.4.
[57]Tom Vickerman, “If Ghosts of Pictures Could Join a Revue,” Chicago Evening Post, 3/8/1932, Art Section, p.6.
[58]Eleanor Jewett, “Spelman Wins Main Honors in Group Exhibit,” Chicago Tribune, 1/18/1933, p.15.
[59]Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 2/25/1923, p.D13.
[60]Krafft was doing more portrait work and showed his recently completed painting of Mrs. William M. Dangel of Oak Park, see: “Carl R. Krafft Exhibits Portrait,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 5/26/1925, p.12. See also: Lena M. McCauley, “Carl Krafft as a Portrait Painter,” in the 10/6/1925 issue, p.16. The article is accompanied by a portrait example.
[61]His painting Arcadia, from this show was featured with an illustration in “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 4/22/1919, p.9.
[62]His work Twilight was illustrated in Eleanor Jewett, “American Show Limited in Scope: ‘Twilight,’ by Carl R. Krafft,” Chicago Tribune, 11/24/1929, p.H5.
[63]His Tranquility Hath Charms That Never Cease, was illustrated in the catalogue and was illustrated in Agnes Gertrude Richards, “The Palette and Chisel Club Exhibit,” Fine Arts Journal, Vol. 34, May 1916, p.237.
[64]http://www.renaissancesociety.org/exhibitions/26/american-oil-paintings-and-french-watercolors/accessed 1/14/2018.
[65]“Chicago Show Opens Feb. 13 in Art Gallery,” Rockford Gazette, 2/7/1928, in Art Institute of Chicago scrapbooks, vol. 54, p.105.
[66]Almost ten years later, the exhibit had an in-depth review which place it in the context of spurring growth in depicting local scenery. Lena M. McCauley, “Art Heralds Beauty of Native Landscape,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 8/14/1928, pp.1, 4.
[67]See the catalog entry by William H. Gerdts in Masterworks of American Impressionism, (NY: Harry N. Abrams for Thyssen-Bornemisza Foundation, 1990), pp.134-135.
[68]Taneycomo News, 10/23/1914, Ingerle Scrapbook.
[69]“Art Exhibition At Springfield Club Will Open Today,” Springfield Missouri Republican, 11/14/1914, p.8.
[70]“Art in Chicago,” Art and Progress, Vol. 5, August 1914, p.342. Of the sixty paintings shown, twenty-five were sold. Brief mention is made in Harriet Monroe, “Art,” Chicago Tribune, 5/17/1914, p.G4.
[71]Rudolph Ingerle and August Petrtyl shared in this exhibition, where their studios were also located. “Art and Artists,” Chicago Evening Post, 12/17/1914, p.8.
[72]He shared this exhibition with Rudolph Ingerle. Mention was made in “Exhibitions at the galleries,” Chicago Tribune, 1/13/1918, p.D7.
[73]The exhibition is reviewed with a reproduction of one painting in “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 6/11/1918, p.11.
[74]Mention was made in “Exhibitions at the galleries,” Chicago Tribune, 6/8/1919, p.F6.
[75]Bulletin Of The Art Institute of Chicago , Vol. 14, No. 8, November 1920, p. 102. Op. cit., Jewett, Chicago Tribune, 9/26/1920, p.G9. His The Squatters Shack, was illustrated in “Art,” ChicagoTribune, 10/17/1920, p.G8.
[76]“Carl R. Krafft,” in “News of the Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 5/30/1922, p.7.
[77]“Carl Krafft’s Paintings,” “News Of The Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 4/17/1923.
[78]“Notes of Artists,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 12/9/1924, p.16.
[79]“Of Immediate Interest,” in “News of the Art World,” supplement, Chicago Evening Post, 5/6/1924.
[80]Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 6/22/1924, p.F5.
[81]Marguerite B. Williams, “Art Notes,” Chicago News, 6/25/1924 in Art Institute of Chicago scrapbooks, vol. 48. Eleanor Jewett, “One Man Shows Summer Schedule at Art Institute,” Chicago Tribune, 6/29/1924, p.H8.
[82]Vivian E. Carr, “Art League Affairs,” Exhibit of Krafft Paintings Opens - Social Phases - Public Is Invited - Other Events Scheduled,” Oak Leaves, 11/7/1925. This article provides a small review of the exhibition.
[83]Lena M. McCauley, “Krafft’s Big Display Interests Oak Park,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 11/3/1925, p.7. Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists,” Chicago Tribune, 11/8/1925, p.F10.
[84]“Paul Trebilcock and Carl Krafft Share Honors with Paintings,” Chicago Tribune, 5/15/1926, p.25. His painting Jerry, was illustrated in “In The Field Of Painting, Sculpture and the Allied Arts,” Chicago Daily News, 5/19/1926. Eleanor Jewett, “Art And Artists: Krafft Well Represented,” Chicago Tribune, 5/23/1926, p.H5.
[85]Vivian E. Carr, “Art League Affairs,” Oak Leaves, 4/3/1926. This article lists the paintings on exhibit.
[86]Op. cit., Magazine of the Art World, 11/23/1926, p.4.
[87]“Carl Krafft in Hinsdale,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 3/16/1926, p.2. “Works of Artist Soon to be Exhibited in Hinsdale Have Won Krafft Fame,” Hinsdale Doings, 3/6/1926, in the Art Institute of Chicago scrapbooks, vol. 51, pp.48-49.
[88]“Carl R. Krafft,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 3/30/1926, p.7.
[89]Lena M. McCauley, “Trio of Painters Have Fine Shows,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 5/18/1926, p.2.
[90]“Illinois Women’s A. C.,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 1/17/1928, p.4. His December Day, was illustrated in the 1/31/1928issue, p.4. See also: “I. W. A. C. Studio,” 2/7/1928 issue, pp.2, 4. Eleanor Jewett, “Critic Reports Keynote of Color in ‘Exciting’ Hoosier Salon: Krafft Paintings on View,” Chicago Tribune, 2/5/1928, p.G4.
[91]Letter from Maria Buckingham to Samuel L. Sherer, 10/31/1928. The exhibition was held in conjunction with the meeting of the National Convention of Women's Council held in Decatur, IL.
[92]Tom Vickerman, “Chapin and Krafft at Chicago Galleries,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 1/29/1929, p.7. His Late Autumn, was illustrated in the 2/5/1929 issue, p.7. See also, “‘Winter In Palos Hills,’ by Carl R. Krafft,” Chicago Tribune, 2/3/1929, p.H7. Eleanor Jewett, “Portraits of Winter Among the Pictures at Chicago Galleries,” Chicago Tribune, 1/31/1929, p.31.
[93]“Carl Krafft Paintings,” The Chicago Evening Post Magazine of the Art World, 6/17/1930, p.2. One work was illustrated.
[94]Eleanor Jewett, “June Filled with Commencement Exercises of Art Schools,” Chicago Tribune, 6/5/1932, part 9, p.6.
[95]Lucille E. Morehouse, “In The World of Art: Carl Krafft Oils At Lieber’s Form Fine Landscape Display,” Indianapolis Star, 9/25/1932, in AIC Scrapbooks, vol.60, p.28.
[96]“At Woman’s Club,” Chicago Daily News, 6/9/1934, Art and Artists section, p.26. The exhibit featured four Oak Park artists.
[97]C. J. Bulliet, “Around the Picture Galleries: Paintings by Krafft,” Chicago Daily News, 8/11/1934, Art and Artists, p.6.
[98]C. J. Bulliet, “Around the Galleries: The Rustic Scene” Chicago Daily News, 10/5/1935, Art, Antiques and The Artists section, p.4. Eleanor Jewett, “News of Interest to Lovers of Art,” Chicago Tribune, 10/6/1935, part 8, p.6, and “October Brings Brisk Revival of Art in Chicago, 10/13/1935, part 8, p.9. His painting Winter Afternoon is illustrated with the article.
[99]C. J. Bulliet, “Around the Galleries: South Siders at Davis Store,” Chicago Daily News, 1/11/1936, Art, Antiques and The Artists section, p.4. Eleanor Jewett, ‘Miklos Gaspar Story Teller in His New Exhibit,” Chicago Tribune, 1/16/1936, p.19. Eleanor Jewett, “Hoosier Salon Pays Tribute to Gaar Williams: News of Interest to Lovers of Art,” Chicago Tribune, 1/19/1936, part 8, p.6.
[100]“Suburban Art League Notes An Anniversary,” Chicago Tribune, 2/19/1939, p.W3.
[101]C. J. Bulliet, “Around the Galleries: Salcia Bahnc of Paris,” Chicago Daily News, 1/15/1938, Art and Music section, p.25. Eleanor Jewett, “Perfect Poses Give Portrait Show a Chill,” Chicago Tribune, 1/12/1938, p.16.
[102]C. J. Bulliet, “Around the Galleries: Pauline Palmer, Krafft, Schwartz,” Chicago Daily News, 8/19/1939, Art and Music Section, p.25.
[103]The painting was featured in “Krafft For South Shore,” in “News of the Art World,” supplement, ChicagoEvening Post, 5/20/1924.
[104]His The Charms of the Ozarks was illustrated in Chicago Modern 1893-1945, (Chicago: Terra Museum and University of Chicago Press, 2004), p.128.
[105]A brief review of his career is in an unknown newspaper clipping, “A Chicago Artist,” August 1925, in the Art Institute of Chicago scrapbooks, vol. 50, col. 3, p.10. Another career review came from C. J. Bulliet, “Artists of Chicago Past and Present,” Chicago Daily News, 11/9/1935, Art, Antiques and The Artists section, p.4.
[106]Op. cit., Obit., Chicago Tribune, 7/15/1916, p.11.
[107]William H. Gerdts, “Post-Impressionist Landscape Painting in America,” Art & Antiques, July-August 1983, pp. 60-67
[108]Lena McCauley, Fine Arts Journal, Vol. 10, October 1916, p.465.
[109]Op. cit., Sweet, Chicago Sunday Tribune, 10/19/1930, p.1.
[110]V. E. Carr, “Carl R. Krafft,” American Magazine of Art, Vol. 17, September 1926, p.478.