William Louis Sonntag Sr. Art

A luminous Autumn oil on canvas board landscape, probably of the hills in the Hudson River Valley, by the noted American artist William Louis Sonntag (1822-1900). Signed in the lower right. Sonntag was born near Pittsburgh, PA and moved to Cincinnati, OH in the 1840’s to study art. He studied for a brief time with G. Frankenstein at the Cincinnati Academy of Fine Art and his idealized paintings of American wilderness and visionary paintings of imagined European ruins were commercially successful. He traveled twice to Europe in the 1850’s to improve his skills, eventually settling in New York City. He joined the National Academy of Design, where he exhibited his works for forty years. His mature works identify him with the Hudson River School of landscape painters. A romantic and naturalistic painter of his surroundings, Sonntag also created idealized paintings of Roman ruins, recalling his European trips of earlier years. Sonntag was an Associate (1860) and Academician (1861) at the National Academy of Design, and a member of the American Watercolor Society, Artists Fund Society, and the American Art Union...

A luminous Autumn oil on canvas board landscape, probably of the hills in the Hudson River Valley, by the noted American artist William Louis Sonntag (1822-1900). Signed in the lower right. Sonntag was born near Pittsburgh, PA and moved to Cincinnati, OH in the 1840’s to study art. He studied for a brief time with G. Frankenstein at the Cincinnati Academy of Fine Art and his idealized paintings of American wilderness and visionary paintings of imagined European ruins were commercially successful. He traveled twice to Europe in the 1850’s to improve his skills, eventually settling in New York City. He joined the National Academy of Design, where he exhibited his works for forty years. His mature works identify him with the Hudson River School of landscape painters. A romantic and naturalistic painter of his surroundings, Sonntag also created idealized paintings of Roman ruins, recalling his European trips of earlier years. Sonntag was an Associate (1860) and Academician (1861) at the National Academy of Design, and a member of the American Watercolor Society, Artists Fund Society, and the American Art Union...

Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Provenance: Baltimore Museum of Art Measures 16" x 20.5" including the frame. William Sonntag 1822-1900 Sonntag was born in the East Liberty secti...

Oil on canvas, signed lower right. Provenance: Baltimore Museum of Art Measures 16" x 20.5" including the frame. William Sonntag 1822-1900 Sonntag was born in the East Liberty sec...

Signed lower right: Sonntag

Signed lower right: Sonntag

This oil on canvas is a rare collaboration between two important 19th century American artists. It is signed and dated on the front of the canvas in the lower left W L Sonntag 1880 a...

This oil on canvas is a rare collaboration between two important 19th century American artists. It is signed and dated on the front of the canvas in the lower left W L Sonntag 1880 a...

William Louis Sonntag (1822-1900), October in New Hampshire, near the foot of Mt. Washington, oil on canvas, Dimensions: 20 x 36 inches, actual; 32 1/2 x 48 1/2 inches, framed in a g...

An oil painting by William Louis Sonntag depicting the Adirondack mountains. Signed lower left, "Sonntag." Provenance: Private Collection, Middleburg, VA; Taggart and Jorgensen ...