William Louis Sonntag Sr (Ohio, New York, 1822 - 1900) "Sunrise in the Adirondacks". Oil on canvas painting. Housed in a gilt Hudson River School frame. Sight size: 26 x 35.75 in. Overall Size: in. Provenance: Dr. E. Maurice Bloch, Los Angeles, California. Published: Nancy Dustin Wall Moure, "William Louis Sonntag: Artist of the Ideal", p. 123, ill. 335. Literature: Terry DeLapp Galleries, Los Angeles, A Selection of 19th Century American Paintings... Spring Exhibition, 1964, illus. Nancy Dustin Hall Moore, William Louis Sonntag: Artist of the Ideal, Goldfield Galleries, Los Angeles, CA, 1980, no. 335. Unsigned. Sonntag was an Associate (1860) and Academician (1861) at the National Academy of Design and a member American Water Color Society, the Artists Fund Society and the American Art Union. His work is represented in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Corcoran Gallery of Art; Peabody Institute; Berkshire Museum; Brooklyn Museum; Chrysler Museum; the Fogg Museum; Harvard University; Vassar College Art Gallery; Cincinnati Art Museum and more.