GUSTAVE ADOLPH WIEGAND OIL PAINTING BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE
GUSTAVE ADOLPH WIEGAND OIL PAINTING BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE
Gustave Adolph Wiegand
American, 1870-1957
Golden Autumn Birches; Poss. Schroon Lake or Blue Mountain (Titled on stretcher in pencil: Golden Autumn Birches – (in artist hand).
Signed: Gustave Wiegand (ll)
Oil on Canvas
Artwork size: 25 x 30 inches
Frame size: 30 x 35 inches
Condition report: Very good to excellent. 100% Original surface paint. No-inpaint. Slight yellowing to varnish. Could use a good cleaning. Otherwise excellent.
Additional Notes: Housed in its original (absolutely outstanding) – Cannot be emphasized enough…Period Gilt wood frame with Acanthus leaf decoration throughout. This monumental frame – is without question period, original and a Perfect complement to this already impressive work!
Frame: Late 19th early 20th century Wood & Gesso construction. Original gilding throughout. Very minor restoration throughout (commensurate with age) PLEASE NOTE: Today a frame like this would cost in excess of $10,000 USD to create from scratch.
ARTIST BIO:
Gustave Wiegand was born in Bremen, Germany in 1870. Wiegand studied at the Royal Academy in Berlin and The Royal Academy of Dresden and also worked under Eugen Bract and William Merritt Chase in New York. He belonged to the Salmagundi Club, the Allied Artists of America, and the New York Society of painters.
His works are in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the National Arts Club in New York City, and the Newark Museum. During his career, he won numerous prizes and medals while exhibiting at the National Academy of Design from 1894-1900 (prize 1905), the St. Louis Exposition of 1904 (medal), the Allied Artists of America in 1937 (prize), and the World's Fair in St. Louis (medal).
He also exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. annual for 1907-1908, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Annual Exhibit 1900-1910, 1916, the Society of Independent Artists in 1917, and the Salons of America. Wiegand died in Old Chatam, New York in 1957.
Condition Report: Very good to excellent. 100% Original surface paint. No-inpaint. Slight yellowing to varnish. Could use a good cleaning. Otherwise excellent.
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GUSTAVE ADOLPH WIEGAND OIL PAINTING BLUE MOUNTAIN LAKE
Gustave Adolph Wiegand
American, 1870-1957
Golden Autumn Birches; Poss. Schroon Lake or Blue Mountain (Titled on stretcher in pencil: Golden Autumn Birches – (in artist hand).
Signed: Gustave Wiegand (ll)
Oil on Canvas
Artwork size: 25 x 30 inches
Frame size: 30 x 35 inches
Condition report: Very good to excellent. 100% Original surface paint. No-inpaint. Slight yellowing to varnish. Could use a good cleaning. Otherwise excellent.
Additional Notes: Housed in its original (absolutely outstanding) – Cannot be emphasized enough…Period Gilt wood frame with Acanthus leaf decoration throughout. This monumental frame – is without question period, original and a Perfect complement to this already impressive work!
Frame: Late 19th early 20th century Wood & Gesso construction. Original gilding throughout. Very minor restoration throughout (commensurate with age) PLEASE NOTE: Today a frame like this would cost in excess of $10,000 USD to create from scratch.
ARTIST BIO:
Gustave Wiegand was born in Bremen, Germany in 1870. Wiegand studied at the Royal Academy in Berlin and The Royal Academy of Dresden and also worked under Eugen Bract and William Merritt Chase in New York. He belonged to the Salmagundi Club, the Allied Artists of America, and the New York Society of painters.
His works are in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the National Arts Club in New York City, and the Newark Museum. During his career, he won numerous prizes and medals while exhibiting at the National Academy of Design from 1894-1900 (prize 1905), the St. Louis Exposition of 1904 (medal), the Allied Artists of America in 1937 (prize), and the World's Fair in St. Louis (medal).
He also exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. annual for 1907-1908, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art Annual Exhibit 1900-1910, 1916, the Society of Independent Artists in 1917, and the Salons of America. Wiegand died in Old Chatam, New York in 1957.
Condition Report: Very good to excellent. 100% Original surface paint. No-inpaint. Slight yellowing to varnish. Could use a good cleaning. Otherwise excellent.
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