AW760: Ferdinand Bergdorff "Betatakin 1924" Navajo Cliff Dwellings Oil on Canvas Architectural Antiques Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Theatrum Orbis Terrarum

Painting of the Mission San Xavier del Bac

COMMENTS: Josse Impens (1840 - 1905)  Josse Impens was a Belgian painter known for his interior scenes

Depth overall 23"

Artist inscription verso: " This mediocre gift with greater respect to my close and sincere friend Roland Were and his lovely wife - Ronnie

AW760: Ferdinand Bergdorff "Betatakin 1924" Navajo Cliff Dwellings Oil on Canvas Architectural Antiques Theatrum Orbis TerrarumFerdinand Bergdorff (Born 1881 Cleveland, Ohio; Died 1975 Pebble Beach California). Titled: "Betatakin 1924" Oil on Canvas (Relined). The painting is a plain air painting of the Betatakin Cliff Dwelling Ruins in Navajo National Monument, Arizona. Ferdinand Burgdorff studied at the Cleveland School of Art and in Paris with Rene Menard and Florence Este. In 1907, he moved to the western United States with the intention of becoming a desert landscape