biographie de Henry APFEL (1838-?)

Birth place: Soultz, Lorraine, France

Addresses: Chicago, IL; Waverly, IA, 1865

Profession: Portrait and landscape painter, photographer

Studied: Lessons from German painter in Chicago.

Comments: Apfel was brought to the U.S. in 1841. He began painting as a child, studied for two years in Chicago, and visited Europe in 1861. After his return he took up photography, working at Waverly (IA) in 1865, and later at Shell Rock (IA). Most of his paintings were destroyed in the Chicago fire.

Sources: G&W; Ness and Orwig, Iowa Artists, 17.