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Artists›William Louis Sonntag

William Louis Sonntag

American, 1822

WA-00047029

Cincinnati, OH, USA

PaintingHudson River School

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None documented

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80%

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Authority Records (1)

WikidataQ8014712

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800�1950

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1976

Field Verification (4 fields)

4 cross-verified · 0 single-source

Is PublishedManual· 100%✓
Birth yearGeneric· 90%✓
LocationGeneric· 90%✓
NationalityGeneric· 90%✓

Source Registry (1)

Smithsonianhttps://americanart.si.edu/collections/search/artist/?id=4554
Tier 1 · Institutional95%

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Movement

Hudson River School

Medium

Painting

Related Artists

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of ArtManhattan Smithsonian American Art MuseumWashington, D.C.

Canonical record

Artworks (4)

Frontier Cabin

1894 · Watercolor, guache, and graphite on off-white wove paper

9 11/16 x 15 1/4 in. (24.6 x 38.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape with Rocky Hills and Stream

1890 · Gouache and watercolor on off-white wove paper

11 1/8 x 15 5/16 in. (28.3 x 38.9 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Landscape with Waterfall and Figures

1865 · oil paint

36 x 51 in. (91.4 x 129.5 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mountain Landscape

1860 · oil paint

51 1/4 x 41 1/8 in. (130.1 x 104.5 cm.)

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Artwork sources (3)

4 published of 23 catalogued · 23 with image

The Met
3 published3 img
Smithsonian
1 published1 img
+ 1 more source · 19 catalogued, not yet published

Per-Artwork Provenance Chains (top 4)

18 entries · 1 sources

Mountain Landscape
1860 · Smithsonian · 5 prov
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Landscape with Waterfall and Figures
1865 · Met · 5 prov
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Frontier Cabin
1894 · Met · 4 prov
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Landscape with Rocky Hills and Stream
1890 · Met · 4 prov
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Movements1

Hudson River School

Collections2

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Smithsonian American Art Museum

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Manhattan, United States

In collection

Smithsonian American Art Museum

Washington, D.C., United States

Record

Exhibitions and timeline

Group Exhibition The Natural Paradise: Painting in America 1800�1950

New York · 1976