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Cattle Drive
Type:Painting
Size:28.00" x 40.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
SOLD FOR $100,800
William Henry Dethlef Koerner ART FOR SALE
1878 Lunden, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany - 1938 Interlaken, New Jersey. Known for: Genre-western-Indian, illustrator, photographer.
Born in Lunden, Germany, William Koerner was a noted magazine and book illustrator whose work was characterized by strong draftsmanship and an eye for detail. He immigrated with his family to the... Read full biography
Born in Lunden, Germany, William Koerner was a noted magazine and book illustrator whose work was characterized by strong draftsmanship and an eye for detail. He immigrated with his family to the United States in 1880, and they settled in Clinton, Iowa. At age 20, he became a rapid-hand illustrator... Read full biography
Born in Lunden, Germany, William Koerner was a noted magazine and book illustrator whose work was characterized by strong draftsmanship and an eye for detail. He immigrated with his family to the United States in 1880, and they settled in Clinton, Iowa. At age 20, he became a rapid-hand illustrator for the Chicago Tribune. By 1901, he was attending classes at the Art Institute in Chicago, and four years later enrolled in the Art Students League in New York. When illustrator Howard Pyle accepted... Read full biography
Born in Lunden, Germany, William Koerner was a noted magazine and book illustrator whose work was characterized by strong draftsmanship and an eye for detail. He immigrated with his family to the United States in 1880, and they settled in Clinton, Iowa. At age 20, he became a rapid-hand illustrator for the Chicago Tribune. By 1901, he was attending classes at the Art Institute in Chicago, and four years later enrolled in the Art Students League in New York. When illustrator Howard Pyle accepted him for formal instruction, it was a major career boost. In 1924, Koerner first went West, traveling in a seven passenger Buick. He camped extensively and continued to travel to California via the Santa Fe Railroad. Zane Grey, popular novelist, used... Read full biography
Born in Lunden, Germany, William Koerner was a noted magazine and book illustrator whose work was characterized by strong draftsmanship and an eye for detail. He immigrated with his family to the United States in 1880, and they settled in Clinton, Iowa. At age 20, he became a rapid-hand illustrator for the Chicago Tribune. By 1901, he was attending classes at the Art Institute in Chicago, and four years later enrolled in the Art Students League in New York. When illustrator Howard Pyle accepted him for formal instruction, it was a major career boost. In 1924, Koerner first went West, traveling in a seven passenger Buick. He camped extensively and continued to travel to California via the Santa Fe Railroad. Zane Grey, popular novelist, used his illustrations in his novels. Koerner worked primarily from New York but kept a summer studio near the Crow... Read full biography
William Henry Dethlef Koerner - Art for Sale (9 available)
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The Rustlers
Type:Painting
Size:25.00" x 44.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Estimate $80,000-120,000. SOLD FOR $229,900 AT THE COEUR D' ALENE ART AUCTION-RENO! Now taking consignments for our auctions. For more information, please call 208.772.9009 or www.cdaartauction.com
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COMING TO AUCTION SEPTEMBER 19TH! ESTIMATE: $50,000-75,000
Bunch Quitters
Type:Painting
Year:1927
Size:24.00" x 42.13"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Coming to Auction September 19th, 2026. Estimate: $50,000-75,000. Visit jacksonholeartauction.com for more details.
"The Main Point of Mull's Concentration"
Type:Illustration
Year:1926
Size:28.00" x 40.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Story illustration for "Trouble in the Dust" by W.L. Comfort for The Saturday Evening Post, published April 3, 1926, p. 13.
The Black Dog
Type:Painting
Year:1922
Size:30.50" x 23.50"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Framed.
The Painted Stallion
Type:Painting
Year:1925
Size:31.88" x 39.25"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Framed.
Facing the Folks
Type:Painting
Size:28.00" x 40.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
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Wolf Dog
Type:Painting
Year:1934
Size:24.00" x 34.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed Initials
Ahead of the Law
Type:Painting
Year:1920
Size:21.00" x 17.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Signed
Notes:
Framed. From Saturday Evening Post, June 12, 1920.