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GILBERT GAUL.
Battle of New Orleans. Oil on board. 521x463mm; 20
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2
x18
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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.
[8,000/12,000]
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 AmericanWest).