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The American Artists Club Munich was a private art group for American artists living and working in Munich, Germany and was started in January of 1914, just before World War I broke out. The private group meet every Friday evening at the Club Glasl at the corners of Theresien and Amalien Streets. There were sixteen founding members of the art colony including E. Martin Hennings, Victor Higgins, Walter Ufer, Louis Grell, J. Ernst Dean, Herbert Martin, John M. Imhof, Walter O. R. Korder, Richard Fayerweather Babcock, Frank Duveneck, Carl Bohnen , Emil Frie, Carl Hoeckner and others.

The following Insert is from; American Federation of Arts. (1914) American Art Directory. New York: R.R. Bowker p. 352 Europe.

"GERMANY

AMERICAN ARTISTS' CLUB

Munich Herbert E. Martini President Ernest Dean Treasurer

Bennet S. Linder Vice-Pres. Martin Hennings Secretary

Organized January, 1914, to assist American students of the fine arts in Munich. Meetings were held every Friday evening in a private room at the Kiinstler Cafe Glasl, Theresien and Amalien Streets. Membership is com- posed of students; those interested in art are associate members. An exhi- bition of the work by members was announced for March, 1914, at Brakl's Gallery."

Most members would flee Germany as the onset of war loomed and Americas involvement became more certain. Many of the original founding members would end up in Chicago affiliated with the Art Institute of Chicago and would exhibit together frequently.

Members E. Martin Hennings, Walter Ufer and Victor Higgins would go on to become early members of the Taos Society of Artists.

References and sources

 * The Louis Grell Family collection, Council Bluffs, IA