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William Louis Sonntag (1822-1900)

Creator: William Louis Sonntag, Sr.
Offered by: Jeffrey Tillou Antiques

Description
William Louis Sonntag (1822-1900) Lived/Active: Pennsylvania, Ohio, and New York
“A Woodland Pond with Deer”
Signed (l.r.): Sonntag.
Oil on canvas.
10 3/8” x 12 ¼”, 14 5/8” x 16 ¾” (with frame).
Over-all in excellent condition, lined. In a period carved, gilt frame.
William Sonntag was revered by his peers as one of America’s greatest landscape painters and considered a central figure of the Hudson River School. Believed to be mostly self-taught, his work was quite prolific and by 1851 Sonntag become known as a very competent landscape painter.

Item ID: WOA-AMP-OC 721

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Notes:	Signed (l.l.): Sonntag
Origin:	United States
Period:	19th Century
Materials:	Oil on canvas
Condition:	Good. Over-all in fine condition, lined, in a period carved gilt frame.
Styles / Movements:	Hudson River School
Dealer Reference #:	WOA-AMP-OC 721
Incollect Reference #:	770427

Dimensions

W.	16.75 in;	H.	14.5 in;
W.	42.55 cm;	H.	36.83 cm;

Message from Seller:

Jeffrey Tillou Antiques was established in 1992. The three story historic building located “on the green” in Litchfield, features an extensive inventory of Americana from the 18th and early 19th centuries. Here you will find an extraordinary collection of furniture, folk art, weathervanes, sculpture, Oriental carpets, and related decorative pieces as well as distinctive European furniture and original works of art.