Fritz Neuhaus

After serving an apprenticeship with a lithographer in Barmen, he enrolled at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in 1873.

After 1884, he taught painting and figure drawing at the Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf (School of Arts and Crafts), where he also maintained a studio.

In 1892, he participated in a competition to provide decorative paintings for the new Town Hall [de].

It depicted a performance and banquet, honoring Emperor Wilhelm I, that was held in the event hall of the artists' association "Malkasten" (Paintbox) in 1877.

Two years after the competition he was able to paint it, in the form of a mural, in one of the Town Hall's meeting rooms.