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Farmer Turned Artist Ernst Damitz Exhibit Opens in Chicago
The Art Institute of Chicago hosts the first exhibition of works by 19th century Illinois farmer turned naive artist Ernst Damitz born 1805 near the Baltic Sea. Descendants own the pieces. about 30 works show Warren County scenes, foreign locales, biblical and historic themes. Damitz began painting at 55 and died in 1883.
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