HANS WEINGAERTNER (GERMAN-AMERICAN 1896-1970)

HANS WEINGAERTNER (GERMAN-AMERICAN 1896-1970)
Broadway, 1952
oil on canvas laid down on board
76 x 55 cm (29 7/8 x 21 5/8 in.)
unframed
signed and dated lower left

PROVENANCE
Private Collection, Newark
thence by descent in the family

LOT NOTES
Hans Weingaertner was a German-born artist recognized for his still life and town-landscape paintings. Born in Kraiburg, Germany, he studied at the Munich Academy before immigrating to the United States in 1922. Settling in Newark, New Jersey, Weingaertner taught art and anatomy at the Newark School of Fine & Industrial Arts.�

Keywords: New York painting, Manhattan art, Times Square, Broadway

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