Paintings
“Hiker In The Mountains” Signed By Artist “G. Wiegand"
GUSTAVE ADOLPH WIEGAND (1870 - 1957). American Impressionist Artist.


Late 19th to early 20th Century, Original Oil Painting, on a Wooden Panel entitled, Hiker in the Mountains, Signed at the lower righ, “G. Wiegand,” measuring 9.5" x 7.5" and nicely presented in a gold leaf frame to overall size of 13.5” x 11.5” and ready for hanging on display. There is some very minor retouch to upper and left edges. This is a wonderful American Impressionist Oil Painting of a Western Mountain Pass Landscape, showing a sole individual hiking, painted on board and Signed by the artist, “G.(ustave) Wiegand” at the lower right corner, Choice Extremely Fine.

Gustave Wiegand was born in Bremen, Germany in 1870. Wiegand studied at the Royal Academy in Berlin and The Royal Academy of Dresden and also worked under Eugen Bract and William Merritt Chase in New York. He belonged to the Salmagundi Club, the Allied Artists of America, and the New York Society of painters.

His works are in the collections of the Brooklyn Museum, the National Arts Club in New York City, and the Newark Museum. During his career, he won numerous prizes and medals while exhibiting at the National Academy of Design from 1894-1900 (prize 1905), the St. Louis Exposition of 1904 (medal), the Allied Artists of America in 1937 (prize), and the World's Fair in St. Louis (medal).