The Painter Who Documented the Tragedy of the Galveston Hurricane (opens in new tab)

Landscape and marine painter Julius Stockfleth lived many lives on Galveston Island. Immigrating to the prosperous port city with his family as a boy from Wyk auf Föhr, a North Sea island off the coast of Denmark that later became a part of Germany, the ship joiner’s son delighted in painting the tall ships coming into port. Read More > The post The Painter Who Documented the Tragedy of the Galveston Hurricane appeared first on Texas Highways.