Henry E. Fritz Oil Painting "Afterglow"

Item Details

An oil painting on canvas by listed German, American artist Henry Fritz (1875 – 1956) titled “Afterglow’. The work depicts an idyllic Bavarian rural landscape. The piece is rendered in an Impressionistic style. It is hand signed to the lower left. It is presented in an ornate wood and composite gold tone frame with moulded and carved detailing, wired on the verso for hanging.

Henry Fritz was born in 1875 in Lubben, Germany. He attended Cooper Union Art School in New York City, as well as Columbia University, New York University, the National Academy of Design, the Society of Beaux-Arts Architects and the Arts Student League. During his lifetime his work was exhibited in New York City, Westchester County, NY, Sarasota, FL, Philadelphia, PA, Chestertown, MD and Boone, NC. Two of his watercolors are in the permanent collection of the Gibbs Museum in Charleston, SC.

Provenance
Purportedly purchased from the artist.

Sold to benefit the education and housing needs of children in the Tamani Kenya orphanage in conjunction with the non-profit, the Tamani World Children Project.

Condition

- minor nicks and wear to frame.

Dimensions

- measures frame; sight edge measures 14.75" W x 11.5" H.

Item #

18BAL083-352