William Louis Sonntag Sr (1822 - 1900) Oil/Canvas

William Louis Sonntag Sr (1822 - 1900) O/C Unsigned. Upstate NY Adirondacks. Figures in the foreground. Appears to be an original, oval gilt carved and fluted frame.Provenance: Doyles, NY 2016.Overall size: 35 x 43 in. Sight size: 26 x 35 in. A native of East Liberty, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, William Sonntag was a landscape painter associated with the Hudson River School. He is best remembered for his romantic depictions of the American wilderness and "idealized visions of classical Italian ruins" that "reflect the influence of the eighteenth-century neoclassical tradition of English literature and painting"

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