Von Imhoff - (1868 - 1939)

Count Berthold John Von Imhoff, born January 14, 1868 in Mannheim, Germany, was a well known religious artist, decorator, and frescoer throughout the United States and Western Canadian provinces.

At the time of his death in 1939, he had completed the interior decor of over 100 churches of all denominations. For this work he recieved the knighthood of St. Gregory the Great by Pope Pius XI in 1937. Today his studio, located on a small farm approximately five miles from St. Walburg, Saskatchewan, Canada, contains over 200 paintings that were once destined for cathedrals and churches.