American, 1866 - 1952
Buehr began art studies at the school of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1889, and graduated with honors in 1894; he taught in the Institute's school for the year 1904-05, before leaving in 1906 to further his studies abroad. In London he worked under Frank Brangwyn, and in Paris with Raphael Collin at the Acad‚mie Julian. Summers were spent at Giverny among the American artist's colony that included Richard Emil Miller, Edmund Greacen and Frederick Frieseke.
In 1913 Buehr returned to Chicago and resumed teaching at the Art Institute school; he remained on that faculty until 1939. He had a farm near Mount Ascutney in Vermont where he spent the summers.
Among Buehr's numerous awards were: medals at the St. Louis Exposition, 1904, and Panama Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, 1915; prizes from the Municipal Art Commission, Chicago, 1915 and 1916; from the Art Institute of Chicago, 1919, 1920, 1922, and 1925; from the Municipal Art League, Chicago, 1924 and 1933; and from the Chicago Gallery Association, 1931.
In 1913 Buehr returned to Chicago and resumed teaching at the Art Institute school; he remained on that faculty until 1939. He had a farm near Mount Ascutney in Vermont where he spent the summers.
Among Buehr's numerous awards were: medals at the St. Louis Exposition, 1904, and Panama Pacific Exposition, San Francisco, 1915; prizes from the Municipal Art Commission, Chicago, 1915 and 1916; from the Art Institute of Chicago, 1919, 1920, 1922, and 1925; from the Municipal Art League, Chicago, 1924 and 1933; and from the Chicago Gallery Association, 1931.
