Robert Koehler was a German-born painter and art teacher who spent most of his career in the United States.
Robert Koehler
Rainy Evening on Hennepin Avenue c. 1902. The oil on canvas original is at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Agitated workers face the factory owner in The Strike, painted by Koehler in 1886
Hennepin Avenue is a major street in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. It runs from Lakewood Cemetery, north through the Uptown District of Southwest Minneapolis, through the Virginia Triangle, t
Robert Koehler
…and landscapes, teaching painting, and arranging exhibitions. He retired as director in 1914. He died in Minneapolis at age 66. Works Rainy Evening on Hennepin Avenue c. 1902. The oil on canvas original is at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Holy-day Occupation (1881, at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts…
Hennepin at night under the pre-2009 lane configuration
Hennepin Avenue, looking north from 10th Street into the downtown Theatre District
Nye's Polonaise on East Hennepin, voted "The Best Bar in America" by Esquire in 2006; partially demolished in 2016 for redevelopment and renovation