William Hahn, Sacramento Railroad Station

William Hahn

1829–1887

William Hahn, was a German painter active in the United States known for his genre paintings of California. Born in Ebersbach, Saxony, he trained at the Dresden Academy of Fine… (Wikipedia)

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  1. William Hahn, The Return Trip from Glacier Point, 1874, oil on canvasThe Return Trip from Glacier PointBonhams · $250,000≈ £194,901≈ €218,780Sign up to see
  2. William Hahn, Going Home (Pioneers Braving a Storm), 1878, oil on canvasGoing Home (Pioneers Braving a Storm)Bonhams · $127,250≈ £71,145≈ €102,870Sign up to see
  3. William Hahn, David Jacks on Horseback (Monterey Peninsula), oil on canvasDavid Jacks on Horseback (Monterey Peninsula)Bonhams · $53,760≈ £42,640≈ €51,717Sign up to see

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William Hahn, was a German painter active in the United States known for his genre paintings of California. Born in Ebersbach, Saxony, he trained at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts and the Düsseldorf Academy. He befriended Scotch artist William Keith, and accompanied Keith to the United States, where the two founded a Boston studio before traveling to California.

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Born 1829Died 1887Wikidata Q18619946 ↗ULAN 500011848 ↗Museum works 5

Also known as Carl Wilhelm Hahn, Hahn, Karl Wilhelm Hahn

Works in museum collections

Open-access images (public domain, CC0 or CC BY) from museum collections, each shown with its credit line and licence.

William Hahn, Sacramento Railroad Station
Sacramento Railroad Station1874
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
William Hahn, Market Scene, Sansome Street, San Francisco
Market Scene, Sansome Street, San Francisco
Crocker Art Museum ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain) — Crocker Art Museum
William Hahn, Untitled
Untitled1847
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
William Hahn, Untitled
Untitled1861
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)
William Hahn, Untitled
Untitled1886
Wikimedia Commons ↗
Public domain · via Wikimedia Commons (public domain)

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