Siegfried Reinhardt
1925
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1984
American artist (1925-1984)
Siegfried Gerhard Reinhardt (July 31, 1925 in Eydkuhnen, Germany – October 24, 1984 in St. Louis, Missouri was a prolific artist and teacher, based for most of his career, 1955–1970, at Washington University in St. Louis, where he had taken his Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature in 1950. He was also a prominent member of the St. Louis Artists Guild. He was a pioneer in combining elements of realism and surrealism in a style known sometimes as superrealism.