Karl Kröner

Karl Kröner (April 7, 1887 – October 3, 1972) was a German painter and writer.

Karl Kröner in 1955

Between 1904 and 1908 he studied at the Royal Academy of Arts in Dresden. He worked till 1910 as a freelancer in Chemnitz and studied again from 1910-1914 at the Royal Academy of Arts in Dresden under Eugen Bracht and Gotthardt Kuehl. After going on a study trip to the Baltic Sea and the Netherlands, he moved to Niederlößnitz in 1914 to live with Paul Wilhelm and Wilhelm Claus. There he worked as a freelance artist. Between 1915 and 1918 he was a soldier in the First World War. In 1923 and 1924 he went on two trips to Italy. Between 1924 and 1933 he was a member of the Artists' Association.