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Theodore Conrath

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In 2018, 17 pieces of Conrath's work were discovered in a thrift store in Tarrytown, New York. His record of membership at the National Arts Club, which had been lost, was restored and ten of the paintings were displayed in their Marquis Gallery from October, 2019 to January, 2020 in an exhibition
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to German immigrants, Conrath discovered art at age nine, despite having a significant physical handicap. A fall as a baby onto a hot stove left the first two fingers of his right hand severely scarred and fused together. He would later say in a 1938 interview with the
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that this proved to be an advantage as he used those fingers together to move paint across the canvas; "in many ways it's been a blessing." At 17, he sculpted a bust of governor
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In November 2021, the historical journal, the "Eberbacher Geschichtsblatt," published an in-depth exploration of Conrath's life and work. It traced his roots back to
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commented, "the symbolic illustrations by Theodore Conrath only lack color to remind us of Blake." The work earned Conrath full membership into
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magazine. Through the help of teacher and painter, Zoe Beiler, Conrath earned a scholarship to the
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Picture of Theodore Conrath
Hebron, North Dakota
Madeline Mason
Metropolitan Museum of Art
The New York Times
the National Arts Club
Hebron, North Dakota
Bismarck Tribune
William Langer
Heinrich Hofmann
Boy's Life
Art Institute of Chicago
164th Regiment
Battle of Guadalcanal
G.I. Bill
Art Students League
William Barnett
John Groth
Eberbach
Imperial Free City
"Ted Conrath - Biography"
"The Cage of Years"
"With a Note Of Solemnity; Author's Query"
ISSN
0362-4331
Dakota Originals: Stories of My Family
ISBN
978-0-615-77235-6
"Bismarck Tribune Newspaper Archives, May 13, 1938, p. 1"
Dakota Originals: Stories of My Family

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