Karl Stecher

Karl Franz Stecher, also known as Charles F. Stecher or Stetcher (5 March 1831^[1][2] - 27 December 1923) was a German painter.

Karl Stecher
Born	(1831-03-05)5 March 1831 Oberkirch, Grand Duchy of Baden
Died	27 December 1923(1923-12-27) (aged 92) Wichita, Kansas, U.S
Known for	Stained glass windows in Little Church Around the Corner
Movement	Realism

Life

Stecher first studied painting and music in Karlsruhe, Germany.^[2] Afterwards he moved to Paris where he did figures for stained glass windows and painted watercolours.^[2] Later in life Stecher claimed that in Paris he had been visited by and played organ for Napoleon III, and also had befriended Realist artists like Rosa Bonheur and Jean-François Millet.^[3] In 1874 he moved to New York where he designed all the windows for Church of the Transfiguration in Manhattan.^[2] Stecher appears to have worked for lithographic Schumacher & Ettlinger [Wikidata] company. In 1885 a painting executed by Stecher, and designed by Theodore Schumacher became an object of a copyright lawsuit Schumacher v Schwencke.^[4][5] 5 years before his death Stecher moved with his son to Wichita in Kansas, where he continued painting into his 90s.^[6] In Wichita he made a reputation as a portrait artist, but also as a painting and book collector with wide interests.^[3] He is buried in Old Mission Cemetery in Wichita.^[1]

Gallery

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  Along the Danube
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  Stained glass from Little Church Around the Corner