This is REALISM style art created around 1800-1899. This Original is sold by the Dealer or Reseller located in WESTCHESTER,NEW YORK, zip code unknown. This is beautiful work if you want WESTERN MOUNTAINS art.
OLAF SELTZER THIS OIL ON CANVAS BY OLAF SELTZER DEPICTS A ROCKY MOUNTAIN RANGE.THE SIZE IS 15'' X 20 ''.THE CONDITION IS GOOD,SOME MINOR RESTORATION.THE FRAME IS ORIGINAL.THE PAINTING IS SIGNED,LOWER,RIGHT. CONSIDERED A TRANSITION PAINTER BETWENN THOSE OF THE OLD WEST SUCH AS REMINGTONAND RUSSELL TO A LATER GENERATION THAT PAINTED ONLY MYTH AND IMAGINATIVE WORK, OLAF SELTZER ARRIVED IN GREAT FALLS, MONTANA IN 1897 AT THE AGE OF NINETEEN. HE HAD BEEN BORN IN COPENHAGEN AND AT AGE 12 BEGAN THE STUDY OF ART AT THE TECHNICAL INSTITUTE THERE. WHEN HIS FATHER DIED HIS MOTHER EMIGRATED TO GREAT FALLS, MONTANA, AND HE WORKED AS A COWBOY AND THEN AS A MACHINIST AND LOCOMOTIVE REPAIRMAN FOR THE GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY, OFTEN SKETCHING THE LANDSCAPE IN HIS SPARE TIME. HE CREATED OVER 2500 WORKS OF ART DURING HIS LIFETIME INCLUDING A SERIES OF NINIATURES OF MONTANA HISTORY COMMISSIONED BY PHILIP COLE A WEALTHY COLLECTOR. THE PROJECT NEARLY RUINED SELTZERS EYESIGHT, AND HE HAD TO COMPLETE THE SERIES BY USING A MAGNIFYING GLASS. OLAF SELTZER WAS A CLOSE FRIEND OF C.M.RUSSELL ,PERHAPS THE GREATEST WESTERN AMERICAN PAINTER,SELTZER IS GREATLY INFLUENCED BY THE WORK OF RUSSELL. QUESTIONS TO;RAZORGALLERY@GMAIL.COM. THANKS FOR VIEWING.
