Heinie Hartwig (B. 1937) Limited Edition Print Indian Camp. Signed by the artist and numbered 520 of 800 bottom right in gold. With Mat measures 27.50"x19.50". Weight is 1 pd. Measures Heinie Hartwig had grown up in the Santa Clara Valley of California, and left for three years to spend time traveling through Europe with the Army. He was in Germany as the Berlin Wall went up and persuaded his wife, Eva, to leave East Germany to marry him. Returning to Santa Clara, he worked pouring concrete, and spent a lot of time running marathons. In 1964 he held the record for long distance running in Northern California. As a hobby he became a painter of primarily western subjects although he also does landscapes and still lifes. The tone of his work is primarily romantic. He started painting in 1970, working on his art in the evenings, and a year later quit his job and began painting for a living. As a young artist, Hartwig ceaselessly researched the methods and techniques of the old masters, frequently grinding his own pigments in order to achieve the purity of color that he sought. The resulting jewel-like luminosity of his atmospheric landscapes is surpassed by no other living artist. Heinie Hartwig’s western landscapes may be found in the permanent collections of museums nation-wide and are much sought-after at auction.

good