Portrait of Theodore Pechtel

Painting

Milwaukee Public Library

Name/Title

Portrait of Theodore Pechtel

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor on Paper

Context

From old accession card: Actor with stock company at Pabst Theatre. Started with company in the Fall of 1890.

Collection

Permanent Art Collection, Wisconsin Art Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1969.1

Source or Donor

Paula E. Hunkel

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Frank Enders

Date made

1901

Notes

The inventory card reports a date of 1901 but the work is not visibly dated. The Smithsonian's record for the work in the Catalog of American Portraits reports the date as "1901?".

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Transcription

"F. Enders"

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed Size

Height

35 in

Width

24 in

Dimension Description

Image Size

Height

29 in

Width

18-1/2 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

An Exhibition of Paintings by the Members of the Society of Milwaukee Artists, 1900-1913 (Milwaukee, WI: Art History Gallery, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1981), Call Number: 709.77595 D674. German Academic Painters in Wisconsin: [Exhibition] West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts, August 2nd-27th, 1989 (West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts, 1989), Call Number: 759.175 G373. Lulu Bredlow. History of the German Theatre of Milwaukee 1850-1935. Call Number 792.1 B831. "Väter und Söhne. Schauspiel in fünf Akten" (Father and Son), Script TC2638, Trostel Collection of German Theater Scripts, 1793-1930, Local History Manuscript Collection 95, Archives & Special Collections, Milwaukee Public Library.

Exhibitions

Notes

“German Academic Painters in Wisconsin,” West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts (Museum of Wisconsin Art), West Bend, WI, August 1989. “Society of Milwaukee Artists 1900-1913,” The Art History Galleries, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, July 1981.