ORIG BIG Hans Dahl (1849-1937) Oil Painting Hay Boat Tug of War Girls vs Boy yqz

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Welcome to EstateAuctionsInc! We are one of the Top Sellers of Antiques, Collectibles and Quirky items on eBay. We have been selling since 1998 and ALL of our auctions start at .99 cents. We are proud to announce that we maintain a "FIVE STAR Detailed Seller Rating"and our staff strives for 100% customer satisfaction, our 100% feedback rating will vouch for that. We work with consigners from Coast-To-Coast and work hard to make sure we have top quality items. We are "Your Quality Zone" - search "YQZ" to see our other listings our ! _______________________________________________________________________ >>>>> UP IN THIS AUCTION <<<<< ORIG BIG Hans Dahl (1849-1937) Oil Painting Hay Boat Tug of War Girls vs Boy Delightful & Amazing Painting Late 1800's Early 1900's - DESCRIPTION - Please be patient there are 18 photos to be loaded in this auction. Up in this auction is an original oil on canvas, signed Hans Dahl (1849-1937). So delightful, it depicts a boy on a hay boat (one of the favorite topics of Dahl's), in the middle of a game of tug of war with three girls on shore, a fourth girl looks on. Most likely on one of the knolls off a larger fjord. It is large, being approx. 39" x 23" for the artwork, framed approx. 45" x 29 1/2". We blacklighted the entire painting and it showed no touch ups. There is a paint flake at the bow of the boat where it hits the water and a crack in the paint and as you can see from the closeups it could use a professional cleaning. We would not even have noticed the paint flake except it showed up under the black light. Signed in the bottom right corner. PLEASE NOTE; THIS IS AN IMMENSELY LARGE PAINTING, SHIPPING WILL BE EXPENSIVE. WE HAVE PUT DOWN PICK UP AT OUR LOCATION IN SEAFORD, DELAWARE. BUT....WE CAN MAKE ARRANGEMENTS TO SHIP THIS ANYWHERE AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT HIS� COMPARABLES� OF HIS TOP 30 PAINTINGS THIS SIZE OR LARGER, NONE ENDED AT LESS THAN $26,000 WITH HIS TOP BRINGING $94,000 PLUS. SO WORTH THE SHIPPING COST! For those not familiar with Hans Dahl, here is his bio from off Wikipedia: Hans Dahl (19 February 1849, Granvin – 27 July 1937) was a Norwegian painter. Hans Dahl was famous for his paintings of Norwegian fjords and surrounding landscapes. Hans Dahl was born in the village of Granvin, on the Hardangerfjord, in the county of Hordaland in Norway. His talent was already evident when Dahl was 16 years old. However, it was only after service in the Swedish army that Dahl received artistic education. Hans Dahl was educated first to become an officer and became a lieutenant in 1871. He served in the Bergenske Brigade until 1874. After leaving the army, he apprenticed with Johan Fredrik Eckersberg and Knud Bergslien. He went to Karlsruhe, where he studied under Hans Fredrik Gude and Wilhelm Riefstahl and then to Düsseldorf, where his teachers included Eduard von Gebhardt and Wilhelm Sohn. His art became associated with the Düsseldorf school of painting, which was characterized by finely detailed yet still fanciful landscapes. Dahl had his first exhibition in Düsseldorf in 1876. Dahl lived in Düsseldorf until 1888, when he moved to Berlin. Almost every summer, he was back in Norway. In 1893, he commissioned the firm of Jacob Digre in Trondheim to build his summer residence which is located on the banks of the Sognefjord at Balestrand in the county of Sogn og Fjordane. Near where Norwegian painter Adelsteen Normann settled in Balestrand during 1891. Dahl's villa was of a similar design to the villa built for Normann. Between 1888 and 1919, Dahl lived mostly in Berlin-Wilmersdorf, and spent only the summer in Balestrand. After 1919, Dahl no longer traveled to Berlin. Balestrand became a much visited tourist destination in western Norway. German emperor, Kaiser Wilhelm II, became one of Dahl's patrons, conferring a professorship upon him in 1910, and visiting Dahl in Balestrand several summers in a row. Dahl resisted the transition in art from Romanticism to Modernism. In the 1890s a new school of art arose, and artists like Dahl were not very popular in t... read more

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