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Louis Prang & Co.

Louis Prang was an American printer, lithographer, publisher, and Georgist. He is sometimes known as the "father of the American Christmas card".
Prang was born in Breslau in Prussian Silesia. His father Jonas Louis Prang was a textile manufacturer and of French Huguenot origin; his mother, Rosina Silverman, was German.

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 1873, Prang began creating greeting cards for the popular market in England and began selling the Christmas card in America in 1874. Prang is also known for his efforts to improve art education in the US, publishing instructional books and creating a foundation to train art teachers.

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The cat – Felis domesticus

The cat – Felis domesticus (1872)

Louis Prang & Co. (American, 1824 – 1909)
Girl with Lilacs

Girl with Lilacs (ca. 1885)

Louis Prang & Co. (American, 1824 – 1909)
Prang’s aids for object eaching. Gardening

Prang’s aids for object eaching. Gardening (1874)

Louis Prang & Co. (American, 1824 – 1909)
Woman with Lily

Woman with Lily (ca. 1861–1897)

Louis Prang & Co. (American, 1824 – 1909)
The three Tom boys

The three Tom boys

Louis Prang & Co. (American, 1824 – 1909)
Sleighs pulled by horses running through snow (after F.M. Lamb)

Sleighs pulled by horses running through snow (after F.M. Lamb) (1894)

Louis Prang & Co. (American, 1824 – 1909)
Mountain ash

Mountain ash (ca. 1861–1897)

Louis Prang & Co. (American, 1824 – 1909)
The poultry of the world–Portraits of all known valuable breeds of fowls

The poultry of the world–Portraits of all known valuable breeds of fowls (1868)

Louis Prang & Co. (American, 1824 – 1909)
Study. Girl with basket on the beach

Study. Girl with basket on the beach (1886)

Louis Prang & Co. (American, 1824 – 1909)
Home of Abraham Lincoln. Springfield, Ills. 1860

Home of Abraham Lincoln. Springfield, Ills. 1860 (1865-1870)

Louis Prang & Co. (American, 1824 – 1909)
Prang’s aids for object teaching–The kitchen

Prang’s aids for object teaching–The kitchen (1874)

Louis Prang & Co. (American, 1824 – 1909)
Horses. 1. Race horse. 2. Cart horse. 3. Pony

Horses. 1. Race horse. 2. Cart horse. 3. Pony (1874)

Louis Prang & Co. (American, 1824 – 1909)
Prang’s American Chromos

Prang’s American Chromos (1874)

Louis Prang & Co. (American, 1824 – 1909)
Idols of our home. (Prattling primose)

Idols of our home. (Prattling primose) (1873)

Louis Prang & Co. (American, 1824 – 1909)
Prang’s floral mottoes, no. 16. Thy will be done

Prang’s floral mottoes, no. 16. Thy will be done (1873)

Louis Prang & Co. (American, 1824 – 1909)
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