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1822 East Liberty, Pennsylvania - 1900 New York City. Known for: Wilderness landscape painting, often allegorical.
A native of East Liberty, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, William Sonntag was a landscape painter associated with the Hudson River School. He is best remembered for his romantic depictions of the... Read full biography
A native of East Liberty, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, William Sonntag was a landscape painter associated with the Hudson River School. He is best remembered for his romantic depictions of the American wilderness and "idealized visions of classical Italian ruins" that "reflect the influence of the... Read full biography
A native of East Liberty, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, William Sonntag was a landscape painter associated with the Hudson River School. He is best remembered for his romantic depictions of the American wilderness and "idealized visions of classical Italian ruins" that "reflect the influence of the eighteenth-century neoclassical tradition of English literature and painting" (Zellman, 195). He pursued his art career despite parental objections, and in the 1840s moved to Cincinnati where it is... Read full biography
A native of East Liberty, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, William Sonntag was a landscape painter associated with the Hudson River School. He is best remembered for his romantic depictions of the American wilderness and "idealized visions of classical Italian ruins" that "reflect the influence of the eighteenth-century neoclassical tradition of English literature and painting" (Zellman, 195). He pursued his art career despite parental objections, and in the 1840s moved to Cincinnati where it is thought he studied at the Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts under Godfrey Frankenstein. From the early 1840s to the mid 1850s, he had a studio in Cincinnati and made numerous painting trips in the Ohio River Valley and into the mountains of West... Read full biography
A native of East Liberty, Pennsylvania near Pittsburgh, William Sonntag was a landscape painter associated with the Hudson River School. He is best remembered for his romantic depictions of the American wilderness and "idealized visions of classical Italian ruins" that "reflect the influence of the eighteenth-century neoclassical tradition of English literature and painting" (Zellman, 195). He pursued his art career despite parental objections, and in the 1840s moved to Cincinnati where it is thought he studied at the Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts under Godfrey Frankenstein. From the early 1840s to the mid 1850s, he had a studio in Cincinnati and made numerous painting trips in the Ohio River Valley and into the mountains of West Virginia and Kentucky. His style of grandeur, sweeping vistas, and dramatic renderings was much influenced by Thomas Cole... Read full biography
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Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Moving Scenic Panorama Painting, 3-D Diorama
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
Art Style
- •Hudson River School
- •Hudson River School Style of Painting
- •Neo Classical, Neo Classicism
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape
- •Landscape with Cattle, Sheep or Other Farm Animals
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •Outdoor Sporting Scenes, Field and Stream, Hunting
- •Panoramic View and/or Large Scale Panoramic Artwork
- •Romanticism, Idealism, Nostalgia
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Adirondack Mountains
- •Catskill Mountains, New York
- •Europe
- •Hudson River Valley, New York
- •Italy Before World War I
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked Before 1900
- •Virginia Before 1900
- •West Virginia Before 1920
- •White Mountains, New Hampshire
Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor
- •Brooklyn Art Association
- •National Academy of Design, Elected Member
Art School
- •Cincinnati Academy of Art, Student
Chronology
- •Early 19th Century Before Civil War
- •Late 19th Century, After Civil War
Art Collection
- •Anschutz Collection
- •Neville-Strass Collection
- •Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Vose Galleries, Boston
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889
- •World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago, 1892-1893
Exhibition of Art Association
- •American Watercolor Society, Painters in Watercolor-
- •Boston Art Club-
- •Brooklyn Art Association-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
Exhibition By An Art School
- •The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts