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Type of entity
Person
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Imhoff, Berthold
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Description area
Dates of existence
January 14, 1868 – December 14, 1939
History
Count Berthold von Imhoff, was an artist known for his religious murals and paintings. Born in Germany in 1868, Imhoff immigrated to the United States with his family and settled in Reading, Pennsylvania, where he established a successful art and fresco business. He left Reading in 1914 and made his home and studio in the St. Walburg, Saskatchewan area in Canada. From there he decorated churches in many rural villages of Saskatchewan and North Dakota as well as returning to Reading for commissioned work
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Reading (Pa.) ; North Dakota