Lot 474: Landscape by Paul Plaschke, Oil on Canvas

Paul Plaschke (German/Kentucky, 1880-1954), signed l.r.; 15.25 x 19.25 in. Paul Plaschke, an Impressionist painter, exhibited at the Hoosier Salon, Chicago Art Institute and St. Louis Art Gallery. A native German, Plaschke lived most of his life in Louisville, KY and was instrumental in the founding of the Speed Art Museum and the Louisville Art Academy. Almost an entirely self taught painter, Plaschke began painting landscapes in 1905 after studying engineering and working as a cartoonist for several local newspapers.