Carl Rungius (1869-1959)

Antelope

細節

Carl Rungius (1869-1959)
Antelope
signed 'C. Rungius' (lower right)
oil on canvas laid down on board
15 x 18 in. (38.1 x 45.7 cm.)

來源

Sotheby's, New York, 28 October 1974, lot 2.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

拍品專文

"Carl Rungius was the greatest wildlife painter of the western wilderness. There was no other artist who studied the animals and landscape so closely, or who painted them with a greater degree of skill and understanding." (R. Stewart, The American West: Legendary Artists of the Frontier, Dallas, Texas, 1986, p. 106) The present work is a highly finished field study that captures the expertise and un-rivaled skill with which Rungius was able to capture the pose, expression and accuracy of texture and musculature of his subjects.