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William Louis Sonntag Sr. (1822–1900) was an American landscape painter.[1]
Life and work
Born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1822, he traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of 21 and perfected his technique. Becoming an established and highly regarded landscape artist, he began making trips to Florence, Italy in 1853. Several of these trips were made with his friend Robert Seldon Duncanson.
In 1856, Sonntag permanently moved to New York to become a leading painter of Romantic landscapes of several scenes from his travels in Italy.[2] Sonntag was a member of the group known as the Hudson River School. Some of his paintings go beyond the movement to a grandiose expression of Manifest Destiny.[3]
There is strong evidence that several of Sonntag's pieces were scenes he had seen from photographs only. Grand Canyon, Yellowstone River, Wyoming, for example, is a landscape that Sonntag never traveled to. It is most likely based on a photograph taken by Frank Jay Haynes of the canyon in 1885.[2]
His son, William Louis Sonntag Jr. (1869–1898), was also a painter, and an illustrator.[4]
Gallery
On the Potomac, Walters Art Museum
Autumn Morning on the Potomac, LACMA
References
- "Antiques Roadshow | PBS".
- Andrews, Gail (January 2011). Birmingham Museum of Art: A Guide to the Collection. London: Giles. p. 127. ISBN 978-1904832775. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
- Masterpieces East and West: from the Collection of the Birmingham Museum of Art. Birmingham, Alabama: Rizzoli International Publications. June 1992. p. 194. ISBN 978-0931394379.
- "William Louis Sonntag Jr". Mary Ran Gallery. Retrieved 2018-04-25.
External links
- American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School, an exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (fully available online as PDF), which contains material on Sonntag Sr. (see index).
- William Louis Sonntag at Library of Congress Authorities, with 1 catalog records
- W. L. Sonntag Jr. at Library of Congress Authorities, with 1 catalog records
- Artwork by William Louis Sonntag
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[de] William Louis Sonntag
William Louis Sonntag, auch William Louis Sonntag der Ältere (* 2. März 1822 in East Liberty bei Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania; † 22. Januar 1900 in New York City), war ein US-amerikanischer Landschaftsmaler der Hudson River School.- [en] William Louis Sonntag
[fr] William Louis Sonntag Sr.
William Louis Sonntag Sr., né le 2 mars 1822 à proximité de la ville de Pittsburgh dans l'état de la Pennsylvanie et décédé le 22 janvier 1900 à New York dans l'état de New York, est un peintre américain, spécialisé dans la peinture de paysage.Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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