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Carl Bersch
Carl Bersch (1834–1914) was a German American painter. He became known as the artist who created the only known sketch of President Abraham Lincoln being carried from the Ford's Theatre.
Life.
Carl Bersch was born in Zweibrücken, Germany on May 3, 1834. His father was the cabinetmaker Jakob Bernhard Bersch and mother was Carolina Friederike nee Heintz. Already during his school days at the grammar school in Zweibrücken his drawing talent was recognizable. His desire to study at the Munich Academy of Fine Arts
daughter of a German doctor, with whom he had a daughter. At the end of 1866 Carl Bersch received American citizenship. The portrait painting remained his specialty, in addition Bersch painted court scenes and operated as an inventor. About 1900 he returned to Washington DC. He visited Europe in 1906–1907 and remained in Baltimore, after this, for the rest of his life.
Life Death.
On May 1, 1914 he died in Baltimore, Maryland.
Works.
- "Lincoln Borne by Loving Hands" (