William Wendt
California Landscape1920

Not on view

Horizontal oil painting of a wide California valley landscape with vivid green meadows, autumn-gold trees, rolling tan hills, and snow-capped mountains under a blue sky with clouds

Artist or Maker: William Wendt
Germany, Bernstadt, active United States, 1865-1946
Title: California Landscape
Place Made: United States
Date Made: 1920
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 31 5/16 x 70 3/16 in. (79.53 x 178.28 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of James O. McReynolds, Robert Coulter McReynolds and Mrs. Edwin L. Harbach, in fond memory of their mother, Frances Coulter McReynolds and their father, Dr. Robert Phillips McReynolds
Accession Number: 53.13
Classification: Paintings
Collecting Area: American Art
Curatorial Notes: According to James 0. McReynolds, his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Phillips McReynolds, commissioned this painting from Wendt. Its unusual proportions may indicate that it was intended for a specific location in the McReynoldses’ house. The painting would have been very successful as a decorative design, the vigor of its brushwork enlivening the generally flat and rhythmic composition.
Provenance: Dr. and Mrs. Robert Phillips McReynolds, 1920 § James 0. and Robert Coulter McReynolds and Mrs. Edwin L. Harbach (by descent), Los Angeles, to 1953.
Commissioned by Dr. Robert Phillips McReynolds (1871–1952) and Frances Coulter McReynolds (1881–1942), gifted in 1920 to; James O. McReynolds (1917–2014), Robert Coulter McReynolds (1911–1978), and Mrs. Edwin Louis Harbach (née Alice Cornelia McReynolds, 1907–1982), Los Angeles, gifted in 1953 to; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography: Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick. American Art: a Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.

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William Wendt
California Landscape1920

Not on view

Artist or Maker: William Wendt
Germany, Bernstadt, active United States, 1865-1946
Title: California Landscape
Place Made: United States
Date Made: 1920
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 31 5/16 x 70 3/16 in. (79.53 x 178.28 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of James O. McReynolds, Robert Coulter McReynolds and Mrs. Edwin L. Harbach, in fond memory of their mother, Frances Coulter McReynolds and their father, Dr. Robert Phillips McReynolds
Accession Number: 53.13
Classification: Paintings
Collecting Area: American Art
Curatorial Notes: According to James 0. McReynolds, his parents, Dr. and Mrs. Robert Phillips McReynolds, commissioned this painting from Wendt. Its unusual proportions may indicate that it was intended for a specific location in the McReynoldses’ house. The painting would have been very successful as a decorative design, the vigor of its brushwork enlivening the generally flat and rhythmic composition.
Provenance: Dr. and Mrs. Robert Phillips McReynolds, 1920 § James 0. and Robert Coulter McReynolds and Mrs. Edwin L. Harbach (by descent), Los Angeles, to 1953.
Commissioned by Dr. Robert Phillips McReynolds (1871–1952) and Frances Coulter McReynolds (1881–1942), gifted in 1920 to; James O. McReynolds (1917–2014), Robert Coulter McReynolds (1911–1978), and Mrs. Edwin Louis Harbach (née Alice Cornelia McReynolds, 1907–1982), Los Angeles, gifted in 1953 to; LACMA.
Selected Bibliography: Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick. American Art: a Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.