The Brigand

Details

CHARLES FERDINAND WIMAR (1828-1862)
The Brigand
signed 'C. Wimar' (lower left)
oil on canvas
30 x 25 in. (76.2 x 63.5 cm.)
Painted circa 1840-43.

Provenance

Karl Ludwig Wagner.
Charles Anthony Wagner.
Barton Wagner, Farmington, Missouri.
Dr. Byron Mansfield Wagner and Jedonna Prince Wagner, Farmington, Missouri, by descent.
Bequest to the present owner.

Literature

Saint Louis Art Museum Bulletin, vol. 31, nos. 2-3, 1946, p. 34, no. 1.
Amon Carter Museum, Carl Wimar: Chronicler of the Missouri River Frontier, exhibition catalogue, Fort Worth, Texas, 1991, p. 227.

Exhibited

Saint Louis, Missouri, City Art Museum, Charles Wimar 1828-1862: Painter of the Indian Frontier, October 13-November 18, 1946, no. 1.

Special notice

This lot is offered without reserve.

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Lot Essay

This artwork will be included in the Kodner Gallery Research Project for the artist, Charles (Carl) Wimar 1828-1862.

Most likely inspired by a popular print from the period and painted before the artist immigrated from Germany, the present work depicts the European equivalent of an American Indian marauder and indicates the artist's early interest in the romantic and unconvential aspects of life that would later be revealed in his depictions of Native Americans and the American West.

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