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The Oasis
Christian Adolf Schreyer (German, 1828–1899)
Title
The Oasis
Artist
Christian Adolf Schreyer (German, 1828–1899)
Date
c. 1860–70
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
39 1/16 × 56 1/4 in. (99.2 × 142.9 cm)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Gift of Francis T. B. Martin
Object Number
1990.6
On View
On view
Provenance
Probably William Waldorf Astor (1848–1919), Viscount Astor New York, by 1887 [1];
Possibly by descent to his son, John Jacob Astor, by 1919.
Purchased at American Art Association, Anderson Galleries, New York, February 4, 1931, through J. Laurie Wallace, by Charles W. Martin (1863–1944), Omaha, 1931– November 27, 1940;
His gift to his nephew, Francis T. B. Martin (1904–1995), Omaha, November 27, 1940–December 1, 1989;
His gift to Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska, 1989.
[1] Published as Watering Place from the collection of William Waldorf Astor in John Denison Champlin, Jr. and Charles C. Perkins, eds., Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, vol. 4 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1887), 148.
Exhibition History
Joslyn Art Museum, January 8–April 8, 1934.
Worth a Thousand Words: 19th-Century Academic Paintings, Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, January 20–March 20, 1994.
Published References
John Denison Champlin, Jr. and Charles C. Perkins, eds., Cyclopedia of Painters and Paintings, vol. 4 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1887), 148, as Watering Place from the collection of William Waldorf Astor.
Taylor J. Acosta, European Paintings and Sculpture from Joslyn Art Museum (Omaha: Joslyn Art Museum, 2020), 152–53, (repro.).
