George Hetzel

Born in an ethnically mixed part of Alsace, France, on January 17, 1826;[2] Hetzel's family spoke primarily German and emigrated to the United States when he was aged two.

[1] After four years' training, he earned an artisan's apprenticeship, painting the interior murals of riverboat public rooms and local Pittsburgh saloons.

George was sent to the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf between 1847–49 and studied Da Vinci's Chiaroscuro (the use of light and dark shadows to heighten depth and drama), which[1] became a signature stroke in his later works.

[4] He was then an instructor at the Pittsburgh School of Design for Women and encouraged his colleagues and students to make Scalp Level their summer retreat and work "en plein air".

Associated Artists include A. F. King, Clarence Johns, E. A. Poole,[8] Charles Linford[9] Fred Bussman, A. S. Wall, Joseph R. Woodwell, Bryan Wall, George Lang, C. C. Millor, John Wesley Beatty, Horation Stevenson, John A. Hermann Jr., Jeannette Frances Agnew, Anna W. Henderson, Rachael Henderson, Carrie S. Holmes, Annie Christina, Olive Turney,[10] Bessie Wall, Agnes C. Way,[2] and Alfred S.