JULIUS MOESSEL

(American, 1872-1960)

GARDEN OF EDEN

Gouache on Card

22 x 29 Inches

Signed Lower Left

Framed by Steven Motyka

Born in Germany in 1872, Julius Moessel studied first in Nurnburg and later at the Munich Art Academy under the landscape painter Richard Von Seitz. After moving to the United States, he settled in Chicago and began a successful and influential career as a painter, muralist and architect, exhibiting frequently at the most prestigious galleries, including at the Art Institute of Chicago, The Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts and the Corcoran Museum of Art in Washington D.C. Moessel’s work is held in the permanent collections of major art museums in both Germany and the United States. We are pleased to offer this exceptional landscape from the artist’s late period.

Reference:

Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, Dessinateurs, et Graveurs, Vol. 9, p. 894; Davenport’s Art Reference Guide, 2003/4 Edition, p. 1646; Who Was Who in American Art, Falk, Vol. II, p. 2303; Artnet.com; Artfact.com; AskArt.com; et al.