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3231 CARL RUNGIUS(Berlin 1869 - 1959 New York)
Head of a moose.
Oil on canvas board.
Signed lower right: C. Rungius.
22 x 30 cm.
Provenance: Private property, Switzerland.
From 1884 to 1896, German-born Carl
Rungius took hunting trips to Maine and
Canada. He was so impressed by the
wilderness that he decided to henceforth
capture it in paint and no longer return to
the "old continent". His main motif, and
thus the most important subject of his
work, is the elk. He is often regarded as
the most important "American wildlife
painter".
"Carl Rungius is widely acknowledged as
the premiere painter of North American
wildlife; he is an icon in the field with a body
of work that few others have approached
in terms of quality, quantity, and influence."
Harris Duncan et al., Wildlife in American
Art, Oklahoma/Wyoming 2009, p. 145.
CHF 18 000 / 24 000
(€ 16 070 / 21 430)