__NOTOC__ Arlington Nelson Lindenmuth (also A.N. Lindenmuth) (1856 —1950) was an American

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who lived and painted in

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region of the

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. He was a member of the Baum Circle, the group of artists either taught by, associated with, or directly influenced by Pennsylvania impressionist painter

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Lindenmuth was also one of the earliest professional

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s in the

,Hutson-Saxon, p. 208. and for many decades he owned and operated a successful photography studio, located on Sixth Street in Allentown, directly across the street from the Lyric Theatre. As early as 1882, he was also employed as a traveling

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. He studied painting under Peter Alfred Gross, who was his wife's cousin, and also in

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. His paintings were exhibited in

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, and his murals can be seen in Allentown's Phoebe Retirement Home, Cathedral of Saint Catharine of Siena in

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, and Asbury Methodist Church. Lindenmuth was also a member of the

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. Lindenmuth would later teach painting to students, including John E. Berninger, out of his photography studio. In 1912, Lindenmuth also put forth a proposal for the establishment of the

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.Hutson-Saxon, p. 209. He became adept at the public promotion of the arts, both through local newspapers and his well-trafficked photography studio.Hutson-Saxon, p. 57. His studio also served as exhibition space for local artists, including Orlando Gray Wales, who held his first exhibit there in 1912. The Fine Arts Club of the Lehigh Valley held their first exhibition in Lindenmuth's studio in 1922, and Walter Emerson Baum included his paintings in these exhibitions starting in 1923. One of his sons, Raphael Tod Lindenmuth, also became an artist.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lindenmuth, Arlington Nelson 1856 births 1950 deaths 19th-century American male artists 19th-century American painters 20th-century American male artists 20th-century American painters American Impressionist painters American photographers Artists of the Baum Circle Artists from Allentown, Pennsylvania People from Hamburg, Pennsylvania