Louis Maurer (1832-1932)
Louis Maurer, a German-born artist who resided in New York, was a painter of genre scenes, horses, and western landscapes. He worked with Currier & Ives for eight years. His best-known works were the series The Life of a Fireman and the American trotting horses. From 1872-1884 he headed up the commercial lithography firm of Heppenheimer & Maurer.
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