Gunnar Widforss
SOLD
Title:
"Ark in the Oakland Estuary"
Date:
1928
Size:
16" x 20"
Medium:
Watercolor
Notarized estate provenance on reverse
This work is recorded and illustrated in the online catalogue raisonné of Gunnar Widforss’ work by Alan Petersen as catalogue entry #616. The online catalogue raisonné is available at www.gunnarwidforss.com.
In a letter to his mother, Blenda, dated December 5, 1928, Widforss referred to painting the harbor and old houses in Oakland. The improvised community of houseboats and "arks," as they were referred to, was home to artists, musicians, and bohemians in general.
In 2010 the Museum of Northern Arizona
held a retrospective of the works of "Gunnar Widforss—Painter of the National Parks". Museum Director Dr. Robert Breunig had this to say, “Gunnar Widforss is a master watercolorist. He used a very demanding medium, and his works are without a doubt among the finest watercolor paintings I’ve ever seen.”
This work is recorded and illustrated in the online catalogue raisonné of Gunnar Widforss’ work by Alan Petersen as catalogue entry #616. The online catalogue raisonné is available at www.gunnarwidforss.com.
In a letter to his mother, Blenda, dated December 5, 1928, Widforss referred to painting the harbor and old houses in Oakland. The improvised community of houseboats and "arks," as they were referred to, was home to artists, musicians, and bohemians in general.
In 2010 the Museum of Northern Arizona
held a retrospective of the works of "Gunnar Widforss—Painter of the National Parks". Museum Director Dr. Robert Breunig had this to say, “Gunnar Widforss is a master watercolorist. He used a very demanding medium, and his works are without a doubt among the finest watercolor paintings I’ve ever seen.”
