1918 German Oil Painting "The Oak" by Carl Max Schultheiss (1885-1961) (Rud)

Up for sale from a recent estate in Hawaii, this post WWI German oil on canvas painting that is untitled but depicts a large Oak tree in hilly landscape covered in wildflowers that was painted by the well known artist Carl Max Schultheiss (1885-1961). The painting was brought to the US by some Swiss german immigrants..... ..interestingly enough the artist moved to the US in the 1930s too and became quiet well known and collected (see his biographical information below). The condition is described above for more information please check the photos.

Measurements:

Painting 36 inches x 28 inches

Frame 40.5 inches x 33 inches

More information about the artist:

Born in Nurenberg, Germany, Carl Schultheiss was known for his etching skills. He received his early art education in Germany and came to the United States in the 1930s. His reputation began in this country with his 1938 exhibition of etchings at The Art Institute of Chicago. From then on, he won numerous prizes for his etchings and served as Honorary President of the Society of American Graphic Artists.

Carl (Karl) Max Schultheiss (1885-19610

A painter, illustrator, engraver, and etcher, he was born on August 4, 1885 in Nuremberg, Germany and died in 1961 in Kew Gardens, NY. He was an active artist from 1914 to the 1950s creating landscapes, genre, rivers, and figures. Schultheiss' early art training took place in Germany before he immigrated to the United States sometime in the 1930s.


Schultheiss was a member of the Audubon Artists in New York City; the Society of American Etchers in Brooklyn, NY; and an Associate member of the National Academy of Design in New York City. He exhibited with the Carnegie Institute in 1914, 1944, and 1945; the Art Institute of Chicago in 1938; the National Academy of Design from 1940 to 1946; a one-man show at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC in 1946; the Society of American Etchers, annually; prizes at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC in 1943, 1944, and 1945; a prize at the Laguna Beach Art Association in 1946; and a prize at Wichita Kansas in 1946.


Schultheiss' work is represented in the collections of the Whistler House Museum of Art in Lowell, MA; the Library of Congress; the Mobile Museum of Art in Mobile, AL; the Michael C. Carlos Museum in Atlanta, GA; the Museum of New Mexico in Santa Fe, NM; the Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma, WA; the San Diego Museum of Art; and the New York Public Library.


References: Who Was Who in American Art, vol. I, page 552; Davenport's Art Reference 2001/2002, page 1660; Mallett (Supplement), page 250; Dealer's Choice Biographical Encyclopedia of American Painters... page 1225; Whistler House Museum of Art files.

Condition: 

The painting was recently cleaned and is in conserved condition, the canvas is original (not re-lined), the frame is original with some losses and abrasions in places, the paint surface with spider-webbing, the conserver said that the artist did not prime the canvas prior to painting the painting that is why the background looks like it does