Winold Reiss, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Winold Reiss

American artist

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1886

Place of Birth: Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany

Date of Death: 23-Aug-1953

Profession: artist, illustrator, painter, interior designer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

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Winold Reiss (September 16, 1886 – August 23, 1953) was a German-born American artist and graphic designer.
He was born in Karlsruhe, Germany, the second son of Fritz Reiss (1857–1914) and his wife.
He grew up surrounded by art, as his father was a well-known landscape artist and his brother became a sculptor.
Reiss became a portraitist.
His philosophy was that an artist must travel to find the most interesting subjects; influenced by his father and his own curiosity, he drew subjects from many peoples and walks of life.
In 1913 he immigrated to the United States, where he was able to follow his interest in Native Americans.
In 1920 he went West for the first time, working for a lengthy period on the Blackfeet Reservation.
Over the years Reiss painted more than 250 works depicting Native Americans.
His paintings became known more widely in the 1940s and 1950s, when the Great Northern Railway used lithograph reproductions of the Blackfeet especially for its calendars.