Louis Prang (March 12, 1824 - September 14, 1909) was an American printer, lithographer, and publisher. March 12 is the 71st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (72nd in leap years). ... 1824 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... September 14 is the 257th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (258th in leap years). ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

Louis Prang House - Roxbury, Boston, MA

Louis Prang Factory - Roxbury, Boston, MA

Youth

Prang was born in Breslau in then Prussian Silesia. His father Jonas Louis Prang was a textile manufacturer and of French Huguenot origin. Because of health problems as a boy, Prang was unable to receive much standard schooling and became an apprenctice to his father, learning engraving and calico dyeing and printing. In the early 1840s, Prang travelled around Bohemia working in printing and textiles. However, after some travel in Europe, he became involved in revolutionary activities in 1848. Pursued by the Prussian government, he went to Switzerland and in 1850 emigrated to the United States and Boston, Massachusetts. Wrocław. ... Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 Prussia (German: ; Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Lithuanian: ; Polish: ; Old Prussian: PrÅ«sa) was, most recently, a historic state originating in East Prussia, an area which for centuries had substantial influence on German and European history. ... Prussian Silesia, 1871, outlined in yellow; Silesia at the close of the Seven Years War in 1763, outlined in cyan (areas now in the Czech Republic were Austrian-ruled at that time) Silesia (Czech: ; German: ; Polish: ; Silesian: Åšlonsk / Åšlónsk) is a historical region in central Europe. ... Flag of Bohemia Bohemia (Czech: ; German: ) is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western and middle thirds of the Czech Republic. ... // Preliminaries Germany at the time of the Revolutions of 1848 was a collection of 38 states loosely bound together in the German Confederation after the Congress of Vienna in 1815. ... 1850 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Boston is a town and small port c. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ...

Early work

Prang's early activities in the U.S. publishing architectural books and making leather goods were not extraordinary successful, and he began to work making wood engravings for illustrations in books. In 1851 he worked for Frank Leslie, art director for Gleason's Magazine, and also later on with John Andrew, an English engraver and printmaker. In 1851, he was married to Rosa Gerber, a Swiss woman he met in 1846 in Paris. Frank Leslie (1821-1880) was an American engraver, illustrator, and publisher of family periodicals. ... John Albion Andrew (1818 - 1867) was a U.S. political figure. ...

Lithography and career

In 1856, Prang and a partner created a firm, Prang and Mayer, to produce lithographs. The company specialized in prints of buildings and towns in Massachusetts. In 1860, he bought the share of his partner, creating L. Prang and Company and began work in colored printing of advertising and other forms of business materials. The firm became extraordinarily successful and also became well known for war maps, printed during the American Civil War and distributed by newspapers. Lithography is a method for printing on a smooth surface, as well as a method of manufacturing semiconductor and MEMS devices. ... Official language(s) English Capital Boston Largest city Boston Area  Ranked 44th  - Total 10,555 sq mi (27,360 km²)  - Width 183 miles (295 km)  - Length 113 miles (182 km)  - % water 13. ... Combatants United States of America (Union) Confederate States of America (Confederacy) Commanders Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis, Robert Edward Lee Strength 2,200,000 1,064,000 Casualties 110,000 killed in action, 360,000 total dead, 275,200 wounded 93,000 killed in action, 258,000 total...

In 1864, Prang went to Europe to learn about cutting-edge German lithography. Returning the next year, Prang began to create high quality reproductions of major art works. Prang also began creating series of popular album cards, advertised to be collected into scrapbooks, showing natural scenes and patriotic symbols. At Christmas 1874, Prang began creating greeting cards for the popular market in England and began selling the Christmas card in the America the next year. Therefore, he is sometimes called the "father of the American Christmas card." Prang is also well known for his efforts to improve art education in the United States, publishing instructional books and creating a foundation to train art teachers. Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Government Constitutional monarchy  - Queen Queen Elizabeth II  - Prime Minister Tony Blair MP Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq... Some christmas cards A Christmas card is a greeting card that is decorated in a manner that celebrates Christmas. ... Art education is the area of learning that, in the United States of America, is based upon the visual, tangible arts—drawing, painting, sculpture, and design in jewelry, pottery, weaving, fabrics, etc and design applied to more practical fields such as commercial graphics and home furnishings. ...

In 1897, L. Prang and Company merged with another company, creating the Taber-Prang Company and moving to Springfield, Massachusetts. Prang died in Los Angeles on vacation in 1909. 1897 (MDCCCXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...   Nickname: City of Homes Settled: 1636 â€“ Incorporated: 1636 Zip Code(s): 01103 01108 01119 01129 â€“ Area Code(s): 413 Official website: http://www. ... Flag Seal Nickname: City of Angels Location Location within Los Angeles County in the state of California Coordinates , Government State County California Los Angeles County Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa (D) Geographical characteristics Area     City 1,290. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...

References

• Bethany Neubauer. "Prang, Louis"; American National Biography Online Feb. 2000.