{"product_id":"1914-ernst-hartenfeld-original-oil-painting-romantic-pastoral-landscape-in-ornate-gilt-frame","title":"Antique Ernst Hartenfeld Oil Painting, Scottish Highland Loch Landscape with Cattle \u0026 Thatched Cottage, Signed \u0026 Dated 1914, Pennsylvania","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSigned and dated lower left \"Ernst Hartenfeld, Nov. 1914 (after Print).\" The artist tells us himself that he painted it after a popular print. Around the turn of the century, color prints of Scottish Highland scenes hung in parlors across America, and painters copied them in oil to bring home a \"real\" painting. Here a still loch winds between green mountains past a small sailboat, a herdsman drives his cattle along a dirt track, and geese wander near a thatched stone cottage.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAbout the artist:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Ernst Hartenfeld was an itinerant Pennsylvania painter, active from about 1909 into the 1930s. The Morning Call reported that owners of the Broad Street Saloon in Emmaus, PA, found a 5 x 8-foot Hartenfeld landscape hidden under dining room wallpaper. He is said to have painted murals throughout the building in exchange for room and board. Since so much of his work went onto walls, signed easel paintings like this one are rarely seen.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDetails:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOil on canvas, signed and dated 1914\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOrnate gilt composition frame, period-appropriate\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e28 x 34 in.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e The color is remarkably vibrant. There is light crazing consistent with age, and no rips or tears to the canvas. The frame has one crack, shown in the photos.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe unusual over the ordinary: a documented working painter, an honest inscription, and a story to tell.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Greyson Manor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46268141699279,"sku":null,"price":495.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0608\/8038\/8303\/files\/20A19133-C749-41B7-B710-E87C231DB0D2.jpg?v=1791922497","url":"https:\/\/www.shoplilliangrey.com\/es\/products\/1914-ernst-hartenfeld-original-oil-painting-romantic-pastoral-landscape-in-ornate-gilt-frame","provider":"Lillian Grey","version":"1.0","type":"link"}