Untitled Landscape
William Wendt, German, (1865-1946), artist
Untitled Landscape, c. 1890
Oil on canvas
28-1/4 x 32-3/8 in. (framed)
Gift of Frances Welsh Lloyd Wright, 1977.05.02
Photographer: Philip Mrozinski
This signed painting was prominently displayed in the living room of Frank Lloyd Wright's Oak Park home. Wright's choice of a pure landscape painting fits with his desire to integrate the natural world into his architectural interiors.
The painting is framed in a gilded double frame constructed of quarter-sawn oak. The frame with its dentil detailing is believed to have been designed by Wright while he was in the employ of Louis Sullivan, circa 1890.
Wendt began his full-time career as an artist in Chicago in the 1890s. After 1906, Wendt moved to California and established himself as one of Southern California's most accomplished landscape painters.