Artist

Frederick Gottwald

Portrait of Frederick Gottwald

Austrian-American, 1860–1941

Frederick Gottwald was an Austrian-American Post-Impressionism painter. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Cleveland Museum of Art, most of them oil paintings. Frederick Gottwald was born in Austrian Empire.

Frederick Carl Gottwald was a traditionalist American painter who was influential in the development of the Cleveland School of art, sometimes called the "dean of Cleveland painters". He taught at the Western Reserve School of Design for Women, and it has been said that he "contributed more than any other person to Cleveland's artistic development".

Works by Frederick Gottwald

Collections represented

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