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William Louis Sonntag, Sr.
William Louis Sonntag Sr. (1822–1900) was an American landscape painter. Life and work Born near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1822, he traveled to Cincinnati, Ohio, at the age of 21 and perfected his technique. Becoming an established and highly regarded landscape artist, he began making trips to Florence, Italy in 1853. Several of these trips were made with his friend Robert Seldon Duncanson. In 1856, Sonntag permanently moved to New York to become a leading painter of Romantic landscapes of several scenes from his travels in Italy. Sonntag was a member of the group known as the Hudson River School. Some of his paintings go beyond the movement to a grandiose expression of Manifest Destiny. There is strong evidence that several of Sonntag's pieces were scenes he had seen from photographs only. ''Grand Canyon, Yellowstone River, Wyoming'', for example, is a landscape that Sonntag never traveled to. It is most likely based on a photograph taken by Frank Jay Haynes of the can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shenandoah Valley William Louis Sonntag
Shenandoah may refer to: People * Senedo people, a Native American tribe in Virginia * Skenandoa or Shenandoah (1710–1816), Oneida Iroquois chief * Joanne Shenandoah (1958–2021), Oneida Iroquois singer and acoustic guitarist Places United States Virginia and West Virginia * Shenandoah, Virginia, a town in the state of Virginia * Shenandoah County, Virginia, a county in the state of Virginia * Shenandoah River, a river in Virginia and West Virginia * Shenandoah Valley, the valley through which the aforementioned river runs * Shenandoah Valley AVA, an American Viticultural Area in Virginia and West Virginia * Shenandoah Mountain, a mountain ridge in Virginia and West Virginia * Shenandoah National Park, a national park east of the Shenandoah Valley * Shenandoah Historic District Other US places * Shenandoah (Miami), a neighborhood within the city of Miami, Florida * Shenandoah, Iowa * Shenandoah, Louisiana * Shenandoah, New York * Shenandoah, Pennsylvania * Shenandoah Creek, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
