Rock Creek
View Similar Items
1 of 11
Carl Frederick GaertnerRock Creek1950
1950
About the Item
- Creator:Carl Frederick Gaertner (1898 - 1898, American)
- Creation Year:1950
- Dimensions:Height: 14 in (35.56 cm)Width: 19.5 in (49.53 cm)
- Medium:
- Movement & Style:
- Period:
- Condition:
- Gallery Location:Cleveland, OH
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1002267212
Carl Frederick Gaertner
Carl Gaertner was one of the greatest painters to emerge from the Cleveland School. Born in Cleveland on April 18, 1898, he graduated from East Technical high school in 1918 and attended Western Reserve College. From 1920 to 1923 he studied at the Cleveland School of Art (now the Cleveland Institute of Art) with Henry Keller. In 1922, he entered his first May Show at the Cleveland Museum of Art and was awarded a prize for an industrial oil painting. From 1925 until 1952, he was known as a pillar of the Cleveland School and one of their most prestigious painting instructors. Gaertner’s subject matter was always drawn from the world around him. Early in his career, he focused on Cleveland and its environs. This interest never left him, but as he matured, his choice of subjects broadened. He painted watercolors and oils of Bermuda in the mid 1920s and began making frequent trips to Provincetown beginning in the 1920’s. Like other Cleveland artists, he culled inspiration from travels within the United States, notably trips through Pittsburgh’s dramatic industrial landscapes and Cambridge Springs in Pennsylvania, to the mountains of West Virginia, and to Cape Cod. From the mid 1940s until his death, he also produced paintings based on sketches made during train rides to visit galleries in New York City. At the time of his premature death in 1952, Carl Gaertner enjoyed a considerable reputation as a master of American Scene painting. By the 1940s, Gaertner was represented by the venerable Macbeth Gallery in New York City and his paintings were exhibited in shows throughout the United States. In 1944 and 1952, Gaertner received the National Academy of Design’s highest award for individual work in a group exhibition, and his work was exhibited in the Cleveland Museum of Art’s May Show for 27 years. Gaertner’s works are in the collections of many prestigious institutions, including the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Chicago Institute and the Whitney Museum of American Art. The reflective eye of Gaertner chronicled three decades of Cleveland and the landscapes of the Midwest and its people. It is all there: the growing might of industrial Cleveland; the mass-produced promise of the assembly line, giving way to a dawning awareness of lost freedom and the surrender of individuality; the love affair of Americans with nature and the ideals of Thoreau and Whitman and Frost; and the conflict between that love affair and industrial promise. Gaertner was just achieving national acclaim at the time of his early death at the age of 54. A resurgence of enthusiasm for Gaertner and his works began in the 1970’s and has steadily increased and incrementally boosted the value of his work, with a fine rare example, “The Popcorn Man” reaching $250,000 at auction.
You May Also Like
- Battle Scene At Sea World War II . Dead Soldiers and Blood Red SeaBy Mort KünstlerLocated in Miami, FLThe artist invents and then captures a moment of a peak drama with soldiers being shot and bombs exploding. It's beautifully rendered. This work was published as a two-page spread...Category
1960s American Realist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsGouache
- 1840 rare watercolor, Native American encampment, Western Indian Unknown artistLocated in Buffalo, NYA rare mid 19th Century watercolor depicting Native Americans approaching a fort. The subjects appear to be from a Northern Plains Tribes, and arre approaching a palisades style f...Category
1840s American Realist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsPaper, Gouache, Watercolor
$3,495 Sale Price32% Off - The MessengerBy Francis DiFronzoLocated in Fairfield, CTBorn in San Pedro, California in 1969, Francis DiFronzo has been painting and exhibiting his artwork in the United States for more than thirty years. "I discovered at a young age that art had the ability to transport me out of my world and into the lives of artists I admired. When I looked at paintings by Andrew Wyeth or Edward Hopper, I felt as though I was momentarily living in the worlds they created. I wanted to do the same thing. I wanted my work to have that power." After receiving his B.F.A in 1994 from California State University, Fullerton, DiFronzo moved to Philadelphia, PA where he continued his studies in drawing and painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. There he worked and learned under the guidance of artists Murray Dessner, Jan Baltzell, Sidney Goodman, Vincent Desiderio and Irving Petlin...Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsOil, Watercolor, Gouache, Wood Panel
- Driven ThroughBy Francis DiFronzoLocated in Fairfield, CTBorn in San Pedro, California in 1969, Francis DiFronzo has been painting and exhibiting his artwork in the United States for more than thirty years. ...Category
2010s American Realist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsWatercolor, Oil, Gouache, Wood Panel
$9,200 Sale Price20% Off - Guggenheim Study 1, FramedBy Danny HellerLocated in Fairfield, CTRepresented by George Billis Gallery, NY & LA --My latest series opening at the George Billis Gallery, titled “Modern Society,” continues my exploration into midcentury architecture and design found in New York City, but focuses on the cultural centers and glamorous institutions that signaled its strength – and enchantment – in the 1950s and 60s. Covering such bewitching landmarks as Lincoln Center, the Guggenheim, and 5th Avenue stalwart Bergdorf Goodman, this series delves into how high design from this groundbreaking Modern period shaped metropolitan society and reinforced New York as a cultural capital. When viewed individually, each painting showcases an aspect of booming avant garde design, be it the Metropolitan Opera’s Sputnik Chandeliers, the high fashion displayed...Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsPaper, Gouache
- 401 West Jefferson St, FramedBy James OliverLocated in Fairfield, CTRepresented by George Billis Gallery, NY & LA --In organizing these paintings, I combine aspects from multiple sources-drawings, reference photographs, both personal and others...Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Realist Landscape Paintings
MaterialsGouache, Panel