Massanutten Mountains, Shenandoah River
Artist
William Louis Sonntag
(American, 1822-1900)
CultureAmerican
Date1865
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions36 × 56 in. (91.4 × 142.2 cm)
Overall, Frame: 42 1/8 × 62 × 3 1/8 in. (107 × 157.5 × 7.9 cm)
Overall, Frame: 42 1/8 × 62 × 3 1/8 in. (107 × 157.5 × 7.9 cm)
InscribedSigned lower left: "W. L. Sonntag 1865"
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number71.704
Not on view
DescriptionOil on canvas landscape depicting Massanutten Mountain and the Shenandoah River.Label TextWilliam Louis Sonntag American (1822-1900) Massanutten Mountains, Shenandoah River, 1865 Oil on canvas, 35 1/2 x 47 1/2 in. Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 71.704ProvenanceCollection of Nicholas Weitzner, New York, New York, 1966; from Adelson Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts, to Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.; collection of Chrysler Art Museum of Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1968; gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., to the Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, 1971.Exhibition History"Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "Artist of the Ideal, 1822-1900," Goldfield Galleries, Los Angeles, 1980. “La peinture américaine: 1830—1900,” Fondation de l’Hermitage, Lausanne, Switzerland, June 27 – October 26, 2014. “Art Experience 3.0,” Virginia Governor’s Executive Mansion, Capitol Square, Richmond, VA, August 12, 2024 – August 31, 2025.Published ReferencesDennis R. Anderson, _Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., Norfolk, Va., 1975, 141. Nancy Dustin Wall Moure, _Artist of the Ideal, 1822-1900_ (Los Angeles: Goldfield Galleries, 1980), no. 393. William Hauptman, _Peindre L'Amerique: Les artistes du Nouveau Monde, 1830-1900_ (Lausanne, Switzerland: Fondation de l'Hermitage and La Bibliotèque des Arts, 2014) 112, cat. 49.
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