Sep 29, 2016 - Sale 2423

Sale 2423 - Lot 110

Price Realized: $ 7,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000
GILBERT GAUL.
Battle of New Orleans. Oil on board. 521x463mm; 20 1/2x18 1/4 inches. Signed "G. Gaul" in lower left image. Yellowed, chip on far right edge, 3-inch crack to board in lower right image, light craquelure with no losses. Framed. Nd.

Additional Details

Gaul (1855-1919) is considered among the most accomplished American painter of battle scenes: "The historic accuracy of each detail was studiously sought, and the models who posed as soldiers were fit types. All of these canvases were remarkable for energy of action and, above all, their spirit of belligerency" (Peggy and Harold Samuels, The Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West).