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Bersch noticed a commotion in the area of the theatre door. As a group brought the president's body towards
William Petersen's boardinghouse, Bersch sketched the "solemn and reverent cortege." Later, he expanded the sketch into an oil painting that he titled
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Bernhard Bersch and mother was Carolina Friederike née Heintz. Already during his school days at the grammar school in Zweibrücken his drawing talent was recognizable. His desire to study at the
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