Friday, June 30, 2023

 <b>William Louis Sonntag</b>
(1822 - 1900)
 

William Louis Sonntag Sr. was an American landscape painter. 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. 


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Louis_Sonntag

Grand Canyon
1886
Oil on canvas
141 x 101,6 cm
Birmingham Museum of Art
https://www.artsbma.org/collection/grand-canyon-yellowstone-river-wyoming/

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