In 1904 , after working as a reporter at the St. Louis World 's Fair , he decided to take a trip around the world , visiting Japan , China and Sri Lanka . Following a brief stay in San Francisco to visit his family after the earthquake , he settled in Munich in 1907 . It was there that he became a friend of the German painter , Leo Putz , and was introduced to plein-air painting . He also became a member of the Munich Secession . In 1913 , he became a member of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts and exhibited with the Salon d'Automne . That same year , he married Clara Lotte von Marcard , a friend of Putz and his wife , Frieda Blell . During the First World War , he lived in Holzhausen on the Ammersee , later establishing studios in Munich and Starnberg , his father 's hometown . From 1928 to 1939 , he commuted between there and New York , where he spent the winters . The beginning of World War Two forced him to leave Germany for good in 1939 . He settled in Pasadena , California , where he lived until his death in 1954
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1906 San Francisco earthquake
Edward Cucuel