The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

The Umbrian Valley, Italy

The Umbrian Valley, Italy

1914
(American, 1860–1941)
Unframed: 72.8 x 60.4 cm (28 11/16 x 23 3/4 in.)
Location: not on view

Description

Munich-trained Gottwald taught for more than four decades at the Cleveland School (now Institute) of Art, and was the most influential figure in the city’s burgeoning artistic development. During the years leading up to World War I, he spent summers in Italy, where he created this work, the first painting by a living artist acquired by the museum.
  • "The Collection of Painting." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. 2:2 (July, 1915). Mentioned: p. 5
    Sackerlotzky, Rotraud, Mary Sayre Haverstock, Nan Grossman. F.C. Gottwald and the Old Bohemians. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Artists Foundation, 1993. Reproduced: p. 38; Mentioned: p. 36
    Witchey, Holly Rarick, with John Vacha. Fine Arts in Cleveland: An Illustrated History. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994. Reproduced: plate 17, between pp. 32-33
    Robinson, William H., et. al. Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946: Community and Diversity in Early Modern America. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1996. Reproduced: p. 58, fig. 51; Mentioned: p. 247
    Adams, Henry, and Lawrence Waldman. Painting in Pure Color: Modern Art in Cleveland Before the Armory Show (1908-1913). Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Artists Foundation, 2013. Reproduced: p. 23, fig. 10
  • Long Term Loan - Ohio Artists in the Governor's Residence. Ohio Governor's Residence, Bexley, Ohio (April 22, 2002-December 31, 2006).
    Transformations in Cleveland Art, 1796-1946. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 19-July 21, 1996).
    The Cleveland Institute of Art: 100 Years. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 22, 1982-January 30, 1983).
    Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916).
  • {{cite web|title=The Umbrian Valley, Italy|url=false|author=Frederick Gottwald|year=1914|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1915.88