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RICHARD PETRI (1823 Dresden - 1858 Fredericksburg / Texas)
Dwarf Fighting with an Albino Rat
Watercolor, 90 x 80 mm
Following his involvement in the 1848 Revolution, he came to
the US as a political exile in 1850, joining the German
colony at New Braunfels (TX) in 1851. While there, Petri
painted portraits using crayon, watercolor and tempera.
Petri moved to Fredericksburg (TX) in 1854 and continued to
make portraits, focusing on individuals from local tribes
whom he befriended. He also painted genre scenes picturing
his fellow settlers. Sadly, he drowned at the young age of
34.
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