Background
Kleiser, Lorentz was born on May 26, 1879 in Elgin, Illinois, United States. Son of Gustav and Caroline (Nilsen) Kleiser.
Kleiser, Lorentz was born on May 26, 1879 in Elgin, Illinois, United States. Son of Gustav and Caroline (Nilsen) Kleiser.
Student art schools, Oslo, Norway, 1895-1896, Munich, 1897-1898-1899, Paris, 1907-1908.
Mistress Mila Kafka). Married second, Constance Schneider, 1935. Founder and president Edgewater Tapestry Looms, Incorporated., Edgewater, New Jersey, 1913.
Lecturer department of fine arts, New York University and Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1925-1933.
One-man shows: Ehrich Gallery, New York, 1935. Paintings, Los Angeles Museum, 1936.
Tapestries, San Diego Museum, 1941. Tapestries and paintings, Saint Louis Noonan-Kocian Galleries, 1942.
Paintings, Elgin Museum, 1943.
Paintings, Philbrook Museum, Tulsa, 1943. Paintings, Witte Museum, San Antonio, 1944. Paintings, M. H. DeYoung Museum, San Francisco, 1945.
Paintings, permanent tapestries, Newark Museum, Cranbrook Museum, State House, Jefferson City, Missoury, State House, Lincoln, Nebraska, et cetera
Member Architectural League, New York (vice president 1935). Club: Art-in-Trades (president 1928-1933).
Married Lucie C. Brandt, May 26, 1902 (divorced). Married second, Constance Schneider, 1935.