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Show ALBERT SALZBRENNER Albert J. F. Salzbrenner, the well known portrait por-trait painter, who, since 1914, has made his home in this city, was born in Altenburg, Germany, in 18G5, and at sixteen was graduated from the Gymnasium, and from there went to the Royal Academy of Arts in Dresden, later going to Heidelburg, thea to Vienna, Paris and Rome. In 1889 he received a commission for some portrait to be painted in New York and after having finished fin-ished them returned to Dresden and came back to the United States where he opened a studio in the Metropolis. In 190G he left there going to Denver, having been commissioned to paint a portrait por-trait of Judge Ben F. Lindsay, of Denver, and the late Frederick Weyerhauser, of St. Paul, and BBBgi, tit ''iBBBwHy .BBBB ALBERT SALZBRENNER others. In 1914 on his way to the Pacific coast for a summer vacation he spent a few days in Salt Lake and was so delighted with the place that he has remained here ever since and done some of his most notable work in this city. Among the portraits he has painted are those of Governor William Spry, President Joseph F. Smith, Hon. John Dern, Judge C. C. Goodwin, and his most recent work is a beautiful portrait of Mrs. Solon Spiro. |