Charles Georg Lachs (1879-1972) was a

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. Specialising in

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and

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, his motifs ranged from

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and

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s to humble

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Biography

Charles Lachs was born in 1879 in

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to Friedrichs Lachs, and Fredrika (née Lorentzon). He was the brother of Charlotte Lachs, singer, and Alice Brauner. He married Ellen Lindelöw from

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. Lachs studied at Tekniska skolan (future

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) 1894-1897, and at Konstnärsförbundets målarskola 1900. In addition, he was tutored at the

school of Axel Tallberg, and made study travels around the

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, and the

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. He shared

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with artists such as Ivar Arosenius, and John Bauer. Lachs is represented inter alia at the

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, and

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References

* ''Södermalm med omnejd i bilder av Charles Lachs'' (Stockholmia förlag, 2009, ) by Alice Rasmussen *''

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) *''Svenska konstnärer: biografisk handbok'', p. 285 (Väbo förlag, 1987) {{DEFAULTSORT:Lachs, Charles 1879 births 1972 deaths Swedish male painters Swedish etchers 19th-century Swedish painters 19th-century German male artists 20th-century Swedish painters 20th-century German male artists Swedish portrait painters Swedish landscape painters German male painters 20th-century German etchers 19th-century German etchers 19th-century German painters 20th-century German painters German portrait painters German landscape painters 19th-century Swedish male artists 20th-century Swedish male artists People from Örebro Artists from Örebro County