David Hagerbaumer Watercolor Painting "Ringnecks"

Item Details

David Hagerbaumer (American, 1921-2014)
Ringnecks, 1966
Watercolor painting on paper
Signed and dated to the lower right
Includes a personalized letter from the artist to Dr. Bronson S. Ray

A watercolor painting on paper titled Ringnecks by listed American artist David Hagerbaumer (1921-2014). This painting features two ringneck pheasants taking flight from a sparse wooded forest rendered with detailed brushwork. It is signed and dated to the lower right and includes a personalized letter from the artist to Dr. Bronson S. Ray to the verso. This work is presented matted and housed in a wooden frame under glass.

David Hagerbaumer was born in Quincy, Illinois and is known for his watercolor and oil paintings featuring various wildlife and sporting scenes. He began as a hunter and a fisher in order to feed his family during the Great Depression and worked as a taxidermist in a decoy factory after he returned from the Marines in World War II. Hagerbaumer did not begin painting until he attended San Diego State College and did not begin selling his work until he worked at the Santa Barbara Museum in 1957 as one of their staff artist. He has been praised by fellow artists as being a prize hunter and artist. Hagerbaumer’s work is currently on view at the National Museum of Wildlife Art in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Condition

- painting has shifted and is off-center beneath mat; paper is slightly billowed; toning, discoloration, and some dirt residue to mat; scratches, chipping, and cracks to frame; some discoloration and stains to the verso.

Dimensions

- frame measures; visible image measures 16.5" W x 13" H.

Item #

18DCC805-008