George Peter (American, 1859-1950) oil on canvas Western landscape painting, depicting the tip of a glacier or icecap melting into a small stream of water and gushing down the side of a mountain as green grass begins to emerge between the rocks. Another mountain, still snow-covered, rises in the distance. Signed "Geo Peter" lower right. Molded giltwood frame with lighter outer edge. Sight- 17 1/2"H x 12"W. Frame – 23"H x 17"W. Biography: George Peter came to the United States from Austria in 1886 and settled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as a panorama painter. He was one of the workers on the ill-fated Chattanooga diorama at the Columbian Exposition, and also designed scenery for the Pabst Theater. Peter's work was exhibited at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1902. He became the Art Director of the Milwaukee Public Museum in 1923 and painted in the Western U.S. including at Yosemite Valley and Zion National Park in the 1930s.

PROVENANCE: The Estate of Carl Klein, Brentwood, Tennessee.

CONDITION: Painting: Has been lined. Tiny inclusion to upper center, on white mountaintop, otherwise excellent condition, likely on a new stretcher. The original frame appears to have had an additional molded edge, with brighter gilt, added to it fairly recently. Some scuffs and wear to frame.