biographie de Charles Frederic ULRICH (1858-1908)

Birth place: NYC

Death place: Berlin, Germany

Addresses: NYC, 1882-85; Europe (Paris, 1887)

Profession: Painter

Studied: NAD: Royal Acad., Munich; Loefftz & Lindenschmidt in Munich, early 1880s.

Exhibited: Brooklyn AA, 1882; NAD, 1882-87 (first recipient of the Clarke prize, for "The Land of Promise," 1884); Paris Salon, 1884; Am. AA, NY, 1886 (prize); AIC, 1888-89; Paris Expo, 1889 (prize); Columbian Expo, Chicago, 1893 (medal); London, England; Munich, Germany

Member: ANA, 1883; SC, 1884; Pastelists; SAA.

Work: MMA; CGA

Comments: His work shows some influence of the Munich school, but with a more precise handling of form, and his appreciation for the Dutch masters is apparent in his use of dark, rich colors and the detail he renders in costumes and still lifes. He favored working class scenes. Ulrich lived abroad from the late 1880s, returning to NYC for visits.

Sources: WW08; Fink, American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons, 399; Baigell, Dictionary; 300 Years of American Art, 518.