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Albert Schenck Datapages
01,
02
&
04
are now on site. Plus all
of the image pages, accessible though the index on page
05.
This is Datapage 10 re Auguste (or August) Friedrich
(or Frederic) Albrecht (or Albert) Schenck.
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LE RAPEL (SOUVENIR DE L'AUVERGNE) - (1884?)
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I became aware, in Mar. 2003, 10 months before this page
was first created, that
Le Rapel (Souvenir de l'Auvergne) has been published as a print in a
Goupil book of prints, of paintings that were displayed in the Paris Salon
of 1884. And until I received help, I could not even tell you what Le Rapel meant since the word 'rapel' was not in my French/English
dictionary. Nor was that word in the three web based translation site databases that I visited, either! But all was
not lost! Liette Cere from Northern Ontario, Canada, told me that in today's
usage 'rapel' would be 'rappel', and that that word means 'recall' in English. So
the work would be 'The Recall' in English.
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Thank you, Liette! A thumbnail of the print is above.
And here is that print! In the larger size, the sheepdog in the far distance (top right) is more clearly visible and the
reason for the naming of the work becomes clear. It was
sold for U.S. $22.06
in Jan. 2004 by
margart a fine art & engraving
vendor on e-Bay, based in
Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A. Do drop by her extensive e-Bay store!
More when I get more! Maybe YOU could provide new data or could provide a clue as to where new data
about this work (or indeed any other Schenck work) might be found.
I would truly welcome your input.
LOST ON THE MOUNTAIN - (YEAR ?)
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And, below, another beautiful 'Schenck' print of a somewhat similar subject - bought for U.S. $15, framed, at a Rosebud,
Montana, estate auction. The print had no title. I now believe it to be 'Lost on the Mountain'.
A copy of it
came up for sale in May 2003 on e-Bay and an image of that sale item is at left.
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In Apr. 2008, thanks to Milly Sherwood, of the U.S., I
was able to provide a fine image of a print of
Lost on the Mountain. A fine looking work indeed!
And in Nov/Dec 2009, a print of the work was offered on e-Bay an
a starting price of U.S. $49.95. It did not sell, however, & since it may yet be
available, I should indicate that the vendor was 'coffeegreg' of Scappoose,
Oregon. The fine listing image follows, slightly sharpened. The print was stated
to be 14 1/2 x 10 1/2
inches in size. Signed by Schenck, but the signature is under the frame edge &
is not visible unless you take it out of its frame. A most beautiful print!
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It would seem that the centre portion of this work
was used for what was described as a Jan. 1948 'ink blotter/calendar' distributed for a company named Louis F. Dow Co.
Just maybe from Indiana since Linton, Indiana, is the home base for
ssbedwell, the
e-Bay vendor. The Jan. 2004 e-Bay
item that I saw said
the Schenck work was entitled Lost on the Mountain.
An image of that calendar is at left.
Doug Smith, a visitor to the site from
Southern Ontario, Canada, had the good fortune, a few years back now, to find a copy of the print, at a quite modest price, at a
garage sale in Collingwood, Ontario. The print was framed but with broken glass.
No title for the work was visible. The print was very large indeed - about 16 x 23
inches in size, apparently. Interesting!
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The webmaster did buy a modest image of the work, just 6 3/4 wide by 4 3/8 inches. A part page from a
book, it would seem. I now know that that book was 'The New Standard Encyclopedia, 1948 Pictorial Edition' Soon, perhaps, I might scan it for this page. It will
surely not, however, surpass the quality of the image above. Underneath the image are the following words.
LOST ON THE MOUNTAIN
Reproduced in full color from the original painting by August Schenck (Walker Galleries, Minneapolis).
This is one of the most famous works of this celebrated
German artist. One can almost feel the cold wintry blast as it whips down the mountain side in this picture.
The artist was awarded medals at Paris in 1865 and at Philadelphia in 1876. Another painting for which he is famous is
called "Gathered in Snowstorm".
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