William Louis Sonntag Sr. 1

Autumn Landscape

A wonderful New Hampshire landscape by American artist Charles Wilson Knapp (1823-1900). Knapp was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and his work was first exhibited at the Nationa...

A fine Connecticut river landscape by American Hudson River artist John William Casilear (1811-1893). Casilear was born in New York City, began his study with master engraver Peter M...

A fine New Hampshire landscape by American artist Frederick Dickinson Williams (1829–1915). Frederick Dickinson Williams was born into a patrician household in Boston, Massachusetts and attended the prestigious Boston Latin School before entering Harvard University in 1846. After graduation and until 1874, Williams taught drawing and painting in the Boston Public School System as a Professor of Drawing until 1874. Williams and his wife, the former Lucia M. Hunt, of Newburyport, relocated to Paris, France, where both studied the new French art and painted landscapes and genre scenes in their studio until 1888, when Lucia died in Paris. Williams returned to the United States and settled in Boston, opening a studio in late 1888. He continued to paint in the Boston area with regular trips to the White Mountains of New Hampshire and other wilderness areas where he produced a large body of French-inspired landscapes in the manner of Corot and other contemporary French painters. In 1904, a serious fire in his Boston studio destroyed all of his inventory, including a number of award-winning canvases from his Paris sojourn. Despite this significant loss, he continued to paint. During his long and successful career, Williams exhibited his work at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, the Washington DC Art...

A fine tonalist landscape with a break in the trees by American contemporary artist Dennis Sheehan (b. 1950). Sheehan was born in Boston, Massachusetts and went on to become well kno...

Painted by Hudson River School artist Johann Hermann Carmiencke, "Hudson River Landscape" is oil on canvas and measures 12 x 18 inches. The painting is signed and dated 1865 at the l...

"Autumn on the Hudson River" by Hudson River School painter Arthur Parton (American, 1842-1914) is oil on canvas mounted to board. The painting measures 18 1/8 x 34 1/16 inches, and ...

"Mink Hollow Brook," by Hudson River School artist Jervis McEntee (1828-1891) depicts the lush foliage, and rocky terrain surrounding a Catskill brook. This 19th century oil paintin...

Painted by Hudson River School artist William Richardson Tyler, "Low Tide, Crab Gathering" is oil on canvas and measures 8 x 13 inches. The painting is signed by Tyler at the lower l...