Reference: listed on www.artprice.com; Floethe was born in 1901 in Essen, Germany. He attended Realschule in Pyrmont and Pedigogium Oberrealschule in Gissen. He studied art in Munich, Dortmund, Weimar and the Bauhaus. He specialized in graphic arts and was commissioned to do a large mural at the International Exposition in Cologne in 1928. After the completion of the mural, he sailed to the United States. He has illustrated numerous books including books by his wife, Louise.

Reference: biography in Dict. des Peintres, Sculpteurs et Graveurs, by E.Benezit, Tome 4, pg.151

Reference: biography in Art in Victoria 1960/1986, by N.Tuele, A.G.G.V.; and other examples in Donald Harvey - The Carmanah Valley Experience, N.Tuele, A.G.G.V., 1993; also listed in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.2, pg.39, Westbridge Pub., 2000

Reference: biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.2, pg.43, Westbridge Pub., 2000; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.180 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.168; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.2, pg. 59, Westbridge Pub., 2000; represented by Mira Godard, Toronto; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: biography and another example in Artists of British Columbia, by S.Morys-Edge, pg.57, Chartwell Pub. 1986; listed in Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artist's Files, by C.Campbell, pg.346, NGC, 1999

Reference: biography available at http://www.st-charles.lib.il.us/low/artjul99.htm