Description:

Gunnar Mauritz Widforss (1879 - 1934) "Yosemite Valley With El Capitan from Sentinel Rock" Watercolor on Board. This work is listed in the Gunnar Widforss Catalogue Raisonne Project as No. 133. Gunnar Widforss was born in Stockholm, Sweden in 1879. He studied to be a muralist at the Stockholm Institute of Technology from 1895-1900. Following his studies, Widforss earned great acclaim in his native land, and used the proceeds from his sales to European royalty to finance his wanderlust and world travels. In 1921 Widforss moved to San Francisco, after what he'd intended to be a short visit. Travelling extensively through northern California and the American southwest, Widforss found his greatest inspiration in the National parks he found along the way including Yosemite. With its monolithic granite walls and shady groves, Yosemite became another one of Widforss' major subjects. Widforss made many friends In Yosemite including Stephen Mather, the first director of the National Park Service. Mather became one of the artist's greatest advocates and suggested to Widforss that he focus his creative attention on America's national parks. It was advice that he took seriously and over time he earned the sobriquet "Painter of the National Parks." Gunnar was a member of the California Watercolor Society and Scandinavian American Artists. Though a great many of his works from these travels hang today in Yosemite Valley's Ahwanee Lodge, his works are also in many important private collections, and museums such as the Museum of Northern Arizona. Artist: Gunnar Widforss Title: "Yosemite Valley" Medium: Watercolor on Board Circa/Year: 1921 Signature Type: Unsigned Site Measurement: 18.25 x 14.25 in. Keywords: Southwestern, Western, California; Ref: BD1668

    Provenance:
  • Exhibitions 2008 St. George Art Museum St. George Art Museum, St. George, Utah, A Century of Sanctuary: The Art of Zion National Park, August 23, 2008–January 24, 2009 (Hafen 2008). 2009 Museum of Northern Arizona Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona, Gunnar Widforss - Painter of the National Parks, November 20, 2009–June 1, 2010.
  • Dimensions:
  • 25 x 20.75 in.
  • Artist Name:
  • Gunnar Widforss
  • Medium:
  • Watercolor on Board
  • Circa:
  • 1921
  • Notes:
  • https://www.gunnarwidforss.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=133
  • Condition:
  • This piece is in great condition, with wear commensurate with age. Minor chip to frame on lower right. Please see photos for details.

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