Logo Auktionshaus Stahl

Children by the Birdcage

William Robinson Leigh (Falling Waters 1866 - New York 1955)


Children by the Birdcage

Lot-No. 468

Starting Bid: 5.000 €


Before 1896. Oil/wood. 26,5 x 20,5 cm. Lo. le. sign. Wm R. Leigh. Tiny pigment losses. - Provenance: Collection Paul Quitt, Weimar; thence by descent. - US-American painter. L. began his training as a painter with Hugh Newell in Baltimore and then studied at the Munich Academy from 1883-95. He initially earned his living as an illustrator. In 1906 he traveled to New Mexico for the first time. Scenes and landscapes of the Wild West were the main reason for his fame. In 1926 and 1929, he accompanied expeditions to Africa and used these motifs to create murals for the Museum of Natural History in New York. Mus.: New York, Long Island, Oklahoma, Dublin a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit.

back

William Robinson Leigh: Children by the Birdcage


William Robinson Leigh (Falling Waters 1866 - New York 1955)

Children by the Birdcage

Lot-No. 468

Starting Bid: 5.000 €

Place bid Print

Before 1896. Oil/wood. 26,5 x 20,5 cm. Lo. le. sign. Wm R. Leigh. Tiny pigment losses. - Provenance: Collection Paul Quitt, Weimar; thence by descent. - US-American painter. L. began his training as a painter with Hugh Newell in Baltimore and then studied at the Munich Academy from 1883-95. He initially earned his living as an illustrator. In 1906 he traveled to New Mexico for the first time. Scenes and landscapes of the Wild West were the main reason for his fame. In 1926 and 1929, he accompanied expeditions to Africa and used these motifs to create murals for the Museum of Natural History in New York. Mus.: New York, Long Island, Oklahoma, Dublin a. others. Lit.: Thieme-Becker, Vollmer, Bénézit.

Children by the Birdcage
Children by the Birdcage - image 1 Children by the Birdcage - image 2

Place a bid for "Children by the Birdcage":

Please log in with your user name and password.

New account

Forgot password

After you have confirmed your registration you can bid here. You will receive an e-mail with a link to confirm your registration.