Thaddeus Welch (July 14, 1844 – December 19, 1919) was an American landscape painter. Born in Missouri and reared in Oregon, he was trained at the

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in Munich, Germany. His paintings of

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became popular among members of the

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in the 1890s. He retired in

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with his wife, Ludmilla, who was also a painter. In his obituary in ''

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'', he was called "one of the greatest interpretative painters of California."

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1840s births 1919 deaths Painters from Missouri Painters from California Artists from Santa Barbara, California American landscape painters Artists of the American West {{US-painter-stub