Gemälde ID:: 79135
and August Wenderoth were refugees of the troubles in Germany of 1848. Like thousands before them they came to California to seek fortune. They established themselves as entrepreneurs, setting up a studio and painting the first wave of miners. The painting is entitled 'Miners in the Sierras', 1851-52, oil on canvas.
Date 1851/1852
cyf German-born American Painter, 1818-1878
Gemälde ID:: 79820
and August Wenderoth Date 1851/1852
Source Own photograph of painting in the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
Author photograph Ad Meskens; painting:
cyf German-born American Painter, 1818-1878
