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William Louis Sonntag Biography
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1822 |
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Born on March 2nd in East Liberty, PA
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1840 - 1845 |
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It is believed Sonntag studied for a short period with G. Frankenstein at the Cincinnati Academy of Fine Arts in the early 1840s
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1852 |
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Commissioned to paint a series of scenery of the Allegheny mountains for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
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1853 |
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Made his first trip to Europe
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1855 - 1856 |
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Lived in Florence, Italy
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1857 |
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Settled in New York, NY
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1860 |
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Associate at the National Academy of Design
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1861 |
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Academician at the National Academy of Design
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1869 |
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His canvas The Blue Ridge from Near Luray was published engraved by R. Hinshelwood and published in Ladies Repository
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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1893
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Columbian Exhibition, Chicago, IL
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1889
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Paris Exposition, Paris, France
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1853
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Began exhibiting at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
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| Selected Public Collections |
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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
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Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.
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Peabody Institute, Baltimore, MD
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Berkshire Museum, Pittsfield, MA
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Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
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Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA
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Memphis Brooks Museum, Memphis, TN
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Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
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Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH
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Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
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| Links to further information |
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