Rest In Peace: Bernard Gruenke, Stained-glass artist, age 99
JOURNAL SENTINEL | MILWAUKEE
WISCONSIN - Bernard Gruenke's passion for the arts developed early and had as many facets as the religious mosaic-like stained-glass works for which he became famous. He began his art explorations at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, spent time at the Corcoran Art School in Washington, D.C., and drew portraits in South Carolina before he sought out Conrad Schmitt's architectural arts studio in New Berlin. Gruenke, a renowned stained-glass artist whose work decorates churches around the country, died March 31. He was 99. [link]
WISCONSIN - Bernard Gruenke's passion for the arts developed early and had as many facets as the religious mosaic-like stained-glass works for which he became famous. He began his art explorations at the Layton School of Art in Milwaukee, spent time at the Corcoran Art School in Washington, D.C., and drew portraits in South Carolina before he sought out Conrad Schmitt's architectural arts studio in New Berlin. Gruenke, a renowned stained-glass artist whose work decorates churches around the country, died March 31. He was 99. [link]
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