Waterfall in Norway
Johann Wilhelm Lindlar (German, 1816–1896)
Waterfall in Norway, 19th century
Oil on canvas
50 × 63 in. (127 × 160.02 cm)
Gift of Marie K. Ingersoll and George L. Kuehn M1962.1159
Photo credit: John R. Glembin
Waterfall in Norway, 19th century
Oil on canvas
50 × 63 in. (127 × 160.02 cm)
Gift of Marie K. Ingersoll and George L. Kuehn M1962.1159
Photo credit: John R. Glembin
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Landing 2
Landing 2
Here, a thundering waterfall foams and churns over craggy rocks, mist rising into the air. The dramatic vista—established by the tiny hikers overlooking the precipice and emphasized by the large scale of the canvas—is both a masterpiece of detail and a moving demonstration of the power of nature. A student of the Realist tradition taught at the Düsseldorf Academy, in Germany, Johann Wilhelm Lindlar would have created studies for this painting in the field and then painted the finished work later in his studio.
Permanent collection label, January 2019. Written by Catherine Sawinski, Assistant Curator of Earlier European Art.
Provenance
George Louis Kuehn [1867–1948] and his wife, Viarda B. Kuehn [1872–1960] (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA); by inheritance to their daughter, Marie K. Ingersoll [1908–1997] (Chicago, Illinois, USA), and their son, George L. Kuehn [1907–1975] (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA); 1962, gift to Milwaukee Art Center (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA)
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Publication History
Sawinski, Catherine. Questions of Provenance: Evening on the Seashore—Tangiers by Jean Joseph Benjamin Constant. Milwaukee Art Museum: Under the Wings, April 18, 2017. https://blog.mam.org/2017/04/18/questions-of-provenance-evening-on-the-seashore-tangiers-by-jean-joseph-benjamin-constant/.
Bisanz, Rudolf M. The René von Schleinitz Collection of the Milwaukee Art Center: Major Schools of German Nineteenth-Century Popular Painting. Milwaukee: Milwaukee Art Center, 1980, p. 172, cat. 115, b/w illus. p. 172.
Bisanz, Rudolf M. The René von Schleinitz Collection of the Milwaukee Art Center: Major Schools of German Nineteenth-Century Popular Painting. Milwaukee: Milwaukee Art Center, 1980, p. 172, cat. 115, b/w illus. p. 172.
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