a view of rock creek
by max weyl (1837-1914)
VIEW OF ROCK CREEK BY MAX WEHL (1837-1914)
Signed lower right “MAX WEYL”
Circa 1900
Oil on canvas; period frame
26.5” X 30.5”
Max Weyl was born in Muhlen-am-Neckar, Germany and came to Washington DC in 1861
and opened a small jewelry store. In 1870, he began to hang several of his small paintings in the window of his shop. A great boost to his career came when Samuel Kauffmann, publisher of the Washington Evening Star and president of the board of trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, admired a small landscape and bought it. Over the years, Kauffmann became a regular patron. Later, both Mrs. Grover Cleveland and the first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson bought his landscapes for the White House. On his seventieth birthday in 1907, the Corcoran Gallery held a retrospective exhibit in honor of Weyl.
From the 1890s George Inness, the master landscapist, had the most profound influence on Weyl's work. During this period, Weyl was known particularly for his poetic paintings of the scenic Rock Creek valley at the edge of Washington and of the wide tidal marshes of the Potomac River. This painting is a fine example of that period and depicts Rock Creek meandering through a landscape of trees and wildflowers.
A founder and leader of the Washington DC School of landscape painting, Max Weyl was one of the more popular and better-known artists of his day in the capital.
Condition: Very good condition with no inpainting.
Signed lower right “MAX WEYL”
Circa 1900
Oil on canvas; period frame
26.5” X 30.5”
Max Weyl was born in Muhlen-am-Neckar, Germany and came to Washington DC in 1861
and opened a small jewelry store. In 1870, he began to hang several of his small paintings in the window of his shop. A great boost to his career came when Samuel Kauffmann, publisher of the Washington Evening Star and president of the board of trustees of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, admired a small landscape and bought it. Over the years, Kauffmann became a regular patron. Later, both Mrs. Grover Cleveland and the first Mrs. Woodrow Wilson bought his landscapes for the White House. On his seventieth birthday in 1907, the Corcoran Gallery held a retrospective exhibit in honor of Weyl.
From the 1890s George Inness, the master landscapist, had the most profound influence on Weyl's work. During this period, Weyl was known particularly for his poetic paintings of the scenic Rock Creek valley at the edge of Washington and of the wide tidal marshes of the Potomac River. This painting is a fine example of that period and depicts Rock Creek meandering through a landscape of trees and wildflowers.
A founder and leader of the Washington DC School of landscape painting, Max Weyl was one of the more popular and better-known artists of his day in the capital.
Condition: Very good condition with no inpainting.