Carl Frederick Gaertner Paintings & Artwork for Sale | Carl Frederick Gaertner Art Value Price Guide

Dec. 07, 2024
Carl Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) ephemera
Est: $100 - $200
6 Xmas cards by Carl Gaertner; 3 pencil sketches and 1 invitation to an exhibition at MacBeth Gallery, New York
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 19, 2024
Carl Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) ephemera
Est: $100 - $200
6 Xmas cards by Carl Gaertner; 3 pencil sketches and 1 invitation to an exhibition at MacBeth Gallery, New York
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 19, 2024
Carl Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) oil
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Bermuda oil on board, signed Carl Gaertner/ Bermuda lower right, framed. 11 x 14"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 19, 2024
Carl Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) casein
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Chagrin Falls Cafe casein on illustration board, 1939, signed Carl Gaertner 1939 lower right, framed. 22 x 30" Frame was made by the artist
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 19, 2024
Carl Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) gouache
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Wellfleet gouache on illustration board, 1949, signed and dated lower right, signed, dated, titled and numbered 222 verso. 18 x 29 3/4'' Exhibited: The 31st May show, 1949,- Cleveland Museum of Art- Cleveland, OH
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Apr. 27, 2024
Carl Frederick Gaertner Oil, Autumn Landscape
Est: $800 - $1,200
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American 1898-1952) Gates Mills, Ohio, Autumn, oil on canvas, signed lower right, framed. Dimensions: 18 x 21.5 in. Condition: Some scuffs and areas of paint loss to perimeter of canvas.
Neue Auctions
Apr. 05, 2024
CARL FREDERICK GAERTNER (Ohio, 1898-1952), “Mining Country”., Gouache on board, 12” x 16.5” sight. Framed under glass 17.5” x 22.5”.
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
CARL FREDERICK GAERTNER Ohio, 1898-1952 "Mining Country". Signed lower right "Carl Gaertner". Titled and dated 1947 verso.
Eldred's
Mar. 26, 2024
Carl Frederick Gaertner (1898 - 1952) "Rocky Cove" American
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (1898 - 1952) Oil and gouache on canvasboard, signed on verso "Carl Gaertner", "Rocky Cove" and dated "1947", measures (24 x 30) and (31 x 37) inches w/ frame. Great Condition. Signed lower left Carl Frederick Gaertner was an American artist. Gaertner was born in Cleveland in 1898 and remained there until his death in 1952. He studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art, which was then called the Cleveland School of Art, from 1920–1923 and taught there from 1925-1952. The Cleveland Museum of Art owns several other Gaertner works, including an oil painting titled The Pie Wagon. Painted in 1926, this work focuses attention on laborers at an industrial plant who spend their lunch break milling around a horse-drawn bakery wagon in the shadows of the hulking factories. Gaertner was an important Cleveland artist who was just achieving national acclaim before his early death at the age of 54.
Cutler Bay Auctions
Mar. 23, 2024
Carl Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) gouache
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Dwellings on the River gouache on illustration board, 1943, signed Carl Gaertner 1943 lower right. 14 3/4 x 20 3/4"
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Mar. 07, 2024
AFTER CARL FREDERICK GAERTNER (1898-1952) "FARMER AND HORSES".
Est: $400 - $800
AFTER CARL FREDERICK GAERTNER (1898-1952) "FARMER AND HORSES". American (Ohio), 20th Century. Watercolor on paper, matted and in a period carved frame. View of a man walking behind two horses. Signed on lower right. 13.5"h. 25.5"w. (image). Frame, 21"h. 33"w.
Amelia Jeffers
Mar. 07, 2024
CARL FREDERICK GAERTNER (1898-1952) "CROW LANE HARBOR, HAMILTON, BERMUDA".
Est: $800 - $1,200
CARL FREDERICK GAERTNER (1898-1952) "CROW LANE HARBOR, HAMILTON, BERMUDA". American (Ohio), early 20th Century. Oil on canvasboard in a period frame. View of the harbor with one sailing ship. Signed on lower right, labeled on verso. 10.5"h. 13.5"w. (sight). Frame, 14.5"h. 17.5"w.
Amelia Jeffers
Oct. 07, 2023
Carl Gaertner, Ohio (1898-1952), Miller's Hill, 1943, casein on masonite, 21 1/2"H x 29 1/2"W (sight), 28 7/8"H x 36 7/8"W (frame)
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Carl Gaertner Ohio, (1898-1952) Miller's Hill, 1943 casein on masonite Signed and dated lower right. Signed, dated, and titled verso. Exhibited: Cleveland Museum of Art, 25th Annual May Show, 1943 Biography from the Archives of askART: The following biography is from Christine Fowler Shearer, Arts Administrator, Massillon Museum, Massillon, Ohio. She is the former Director of the Cleveland Artists Foundation, which has two paintings by Carl Gaertner in the collection. Carl Gaertner was born in Cleveland on April 18, 1898. He graduated from East Technical high school in 1918 and attended Western Reserve College. In high school he studied mechanical design, but by his senior year had decided to make painting his primary avocation. From 1920 to 1923 he studied at the Cleveland School of Art (now the Cleveland Institute of Art) with Henry Keller. In 1922, he entered his first May Show at the Cleveland Museum of Art and won second prize for an industrial oil painting. From 1925 until 1952, he taught studio classes at the Cleveland School of Art and occasional classes at John Carroll University, Western Reserve University and the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute. The reflective eye of Gaertner chronicled three decades of Cleveland and its people. It is all there: the growing might of industrial Cleveland; the mass-produced promise of the assembly line, giving way to a dawning awareness of lost freedom, and the surrender of individuality; the love affair of Americans with nature and the ideals of Thoreau and Whitman and Frost; and the conflict between that love affair and the industrial promise. Gaertners subject matter was always drawn from the world around him. Early in his career, he focused on Cleveland and its environs. This interest never left him, but as he matured, his choice of subjects broadened. He painted watercolors and oils of Bermuda in the mid 1920s and began making frequent trips to Provincetown in 1926. Like other Cleveland artists, he culled inspiration from travels within the United States, notably trips to Pittsburgh and Cambridge Springs in Pennsylvania, to the mountains of West Virginia, and to Cape Cod. From the mid 1940s until his death, he also produced paintings based on sketches made during train rides to visit galleries in New York City. At the time of his premature death in 1952, Carl Gaertner enjoyed a considerable reputation as a master of American Scene painting. By the 1940s, Gaertner was represented by the Macbeth Gallery in New York City and his paintings were exhibited in shows throughout the United States. In 1944 and 1952, Gaertner received the National Academy of Designs highest award for individual work in a group exhibition. Prestigious institutions, including the Cleveland Museum of Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, had begun acquiring his paintings. But since the artists sudden death from a brain hemorrhage at age 54, his reputation has fallen into relative obscurity.
Ripley Auctions
Sep. 30, 2023
Carle Frederick Gaertner Gouache, " Mill Reflections "
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American 1898-1952) "Mill Reflections, " gouache on illustration board, framed. Provenance: Estate of Carl F. Gaertner Dimensions: 21.5 x 29.5 in. image size. Condition: Very good.
Neue Auctions
May. 20, 2023
Carl F. Gaertner Gouache, Coastal Scene
Est: $500 - $800
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, Cleveland School 1898-1952) Coastal Scene, preparatoryÂ sketch, gouache on brown paper, signed in pencil lower right, matted and framed. Dimensions: 17 x 22 in. image size, 25.25 x 30.5 in. as framed. Condition: Appears very good, not examined out of frame.
Neue Auctions
Mar. 25, 2023
Carl F. Gaertner oil
Est: $800 - $1,200
Carl F Gaertner (1898-1952) Reclining Nude oil on canvas, 1932, signed Carl Gaertner 1932 lower right, very good condition. 36 x 43 1/2''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Dec. 03, 2022
Carl Frederick Gaertner Oil, Chagrin Riverbed
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American 1898-1952) Chagrin Riverbed, c.1930-32, oil on canvas mounted on board, inscribed and titled verso,Â Â framed. Dimensions: 9 x 12 in. image size, 13.5 x 16 in. as framed.Â Condition: Very good with no damage or restoration.
Neue Auctions
Dec. 03, 2022
Carl Frederick Gaertner Oil, Pine Point Spur
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American 1898-1952) Pine Point Spur, 1947, oil on panel, signed and dated lower right, framed. Dimensions: 23.5 x 39.5 in image size, 32 x 48 in. as framed. Condition:
Neue Auctions
Oct. 22, 2022
Carl Gaertner sketches
Est: $200 - $400
Carl Gaertner (American 1898-1952) Untitled- approximately 125 pencil sketches, ca. 1940-50, together with Xerox prints and ephemera, various sizes.
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 22, 2022
Carl Gaertner gouache
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Carl Gaertner (American 1898-1952) Cape Cod Scene- gouache on illustration board, 1949, signed Carl Gaertner/ 1949 lower right, glued to cardboard backing otherwise good condition, framed. 18 x 30''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Sep. 20, 2022
Carl Gaertner, (1898-1952, American), Snowy landscape with a house, Watercolor and gouache on brown paper under glass, Sight: 11.5" H x
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Carl Gaertner (1898-1952, American) Snowy landscape with a house Watercolor and gouache on brown paper under glass Signed lower right: Carl Gaertner Sight: 11.5" H x 16.5" W
John Moran Auctioneers
Jul. 27, 2022
Carl Frederick Gaertner (1898 - 1952) American
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (1898 - 1952) , gouache and oil on board , Signed , measures 12" x 16" , w/ frame 19" x 23"
Cutler Bay Auctions
Mar. 19, 2022
Carl F. Gaertner gouache
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Carl Gaertner (American 1898-1952) ''First Snow'' gouache on brown paper, ca. 1920's, signed C. F. Gaertner lower right, matted and framed. 11 x 8 1/2''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jul. 24, 2021
Carl Gaertner, Ohio (1898-1952), Outer Cove, 1951, gouache on board, 18 x 30 inches
Est: $800 - $1,200
Carl Gaertner Ohio, (1898-1952) Outer Cove, 1951 gouache on board signed lower right, framed. Exhibited: 34th May Show, The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1952
Link Auction Galleries
Mar. 11, 2021
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Chinese Figures, circa 1930 Oil on
Est: $600 - $800
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Chinese Figures, circa 1930 Oil on canvas 25-5/8 x 29 inches (65.1 x 73.7 cm) Signed lower right: Carl Gaertner PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA FAMILY HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Oct. 24, 2020
2 Carl Gaertner gouaches
Est: $600 - $900
Carl Gaertner (American 1898-1952)- Landscape with Houses- 2 gouache on paper, both signed C. F. Gaertner lower right, framed, very good condition. 5 1/2 x 5 1/2''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
May. 14, 2020
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Spectators, 1943 Gouache on board
Est: $4,000 - $6,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Spectators, 1943 Gouache on board 15 x 21 inches (38.1 x 53.3 cm) Signed and dated lower left: Carl Gaertner / 1943 Titled and dated on the reverse: Spectators / 1943 PROPERTY OF A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTOR, DALLAS, TEXAS EXHIBITED: The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, "Twenty-Second International Exhibition of Water Colors," May 13-August 22, 1943. HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Mar. 21, 2020
Carl Gaertner gouache
Est: $800 - $1,200
Carl Gaertner (American 1898-1952)- River Bridge- gouache on board. 18 x 22''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Mar. 21, 2020
Carl Gaertner gouache
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
Carl Gaertner (American 1898-1952)- River Bend- gouache on masonite, 1946, signed C. Gaertner 46 lower right, framed. 21 3/4 x 29 3/4''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Mar. 21, 2020
Carl Gaertner tempera
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Carl Gaertner (American 1898-1952)- ''Wintering on the Hudson''- tempera on masonite, 1943, signed Carl Gaertner/ 1943 lower right, framed. 24 x 40'' Exhibited: ''The Carl Gaertner Memorial Exhibition''- Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland OH, 1950
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jan. 29, 2020
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) A Group of Studies and Sketches, Pencil on paper.
Est: $100 - $200
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) A Group of Studies and Sketches, Pencil on paper. Largest dimensions: h: 15 1/2 x w: 12 1/4 in.
Gray's Auctioneers
Nov. 23, 2019
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, Cleveland School, 1898-1952)
Est: $1,500 - $3,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, Cleveland School, 1898-1952) Along The Chagrin River, 1941, gouache ojn artist's board, signed and dated lower left, matted and framed. 18 x 21 in. image size 26 x 29.75 in. as framed Condition: Very good with bright collor. Not examined out of frame.
Neue Auctions
Nov. 23, 2019
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, Cleveland School, 1898-1952)
Est: $1,500 - $3,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, Cleveland School, 1898-1952) Mountain Landscape with Two Rustic Buildings, 1940, gouache on artists board, signed and dated lower left, matted and framed. 17.5 x 21.5 in. image size 25.5 x 29.5 in. as framed Condition: Very Good
Neue Auctions
Nov. 23, 2019
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, Cleveland School 1898-1952)
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, Cleveland School 1898-1952) October Snow, oil on masonite, 1945, signed and dated lower right, framed. 21 x 29 in. image size 30 x 37 in. as framed Condition: Very good.
Neue Auctions
Nov. 14, 2019
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Chinese Figures, circa 1930 Oil on
Est: $1,000 - $2,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Chinese Figures, circa 1930 Oil on canvas 25-5/8 x 29 inches (65.1 x 73.7 cm) Signed lower right: Carl Gaertner PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA FAMILY HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Oct. 19, 2019
Carl Gaertner gouache
Est: $700 -
Carl Gaertner (American 1898-1952)- ''Woods End Breakwater''- gouache on illustration board, 1951, signed Carl Gaertner/ 1951 lower right, framed, very good condition. 18 x 30'' Exhibited: The 34th Annnual May Show, Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH 1952
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Oct. 19, 2019
Carl Gaertner oil
Est: $400 -
Carl Gaertner (American 1898-1952)- Still-Life- oil on canvas, framed, in-painting upper left corner. 30 x 35 1/2'' Provenance: Baldwin Wallace University
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Sep. 14, 2019
CARL FREDERICK GAERTNER (AMERICAN, CLEVELAND SCHOOL)
Est: $2,000 - $4,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, Cleveland School 1898-1952) Tide Wash, oil on masonite, 1951, signed and dated lower right, inscribed verso in Gaertner's orange lettering with number 277, signature, title and date. In original Gaertner frame. 21 x 36 in. 32 x 46.5 as framed Condition: Very good with no damage or repair. Exhibited: Carl Gaertner Memorial Exhibition, Cleveland Museum of Art, June-August 1953
Neue Auctions
Jun. 07, 2019
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Chinese Figures, circa 1930 Oil on
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Chinese Figures, circa 1930 Oil on canvas 25-5/8 x 29 inches (65.1 x 73.7 cm) Signed lower right: Carl Gaertner PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA FAMILY HID01801242017
Heritage Auctions
Dec. 07, 2018
CARL FREDERICK GAERTNER (AMERICAN, 1898-1952) THE BRIDGE, 1930 OIL ON CANVAS 30-
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) The Bridge, 1930 Oil on canvas 30-1/8 x 38 inches (76.5 x 96.5 cm) Signed lower left: Carl Gaertner / 30 PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA FAMILY HID04901242017
Heritage Auctions
Dec. 07, 2018
CARL FREDERICK GAERTNER (AMERICAN, 1898-1952) BLACK BOTTLES, 1930 OIL ON CANVAS
Est: $800 - $1,200
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Black Bottles, 1930 Oil on canvas 35-1/8 x 40-7/8 inches (89.2 x 103.8 cm) Signed and dated upper right: Carl Gaertner 30 PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA FAMILY HID04901242017
Heritage Auctions
Dec. 07, 2018
CARL FREDERICK GAERTNER (AMERICAN, 1898-1952) CHINESE FIGURES, CIRCA 1930 OIL ON
Est: $3,000 - $5,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Chinese Figures, circa 1930 Oil on canvas 25-5/8 x 29 inches (65.1 x 73.7 cm) Signed lower right: Carl Gaertner PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA FAMILY HID04901242017
Heritage Auctions
Nov. 08, 2018
CARL FREDERICK GAERTNER (AMERICAN, 1898-1952) INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND (BLUE) OIL ON
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Industrial Cleveland (Blue) Oil on canvas 30 x 35 inches (76.2 x 88.9 cm) Signed lower right: Carl Gaertner PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA FAMILY A fascinating aspect of the two paintings by Carl Gaertner in the present auction is how they relate to one another compositionally, but are painted in diametrically contrasting palettes. The red/green version of Industrial Cleveland (lot 68113) is more extensive as well as more directly painted than this blue/yellow version, which seems to have been somewhat edited, simplified, and more thickly painted. Gaertner may have intended these two works to show the industrial complex at different times of day, similar to the way Monet painted versions of the same cathedral and haystacks. The subject would alter dramatically in terms of color depending upon light and weather conditions. It is notable that both scenes are blanketed in snow, which would accentuate reflected color. Was this the artist's intention behind painting the scene with two different color palettes? Or perhaps it is something else entirely? A compelling idea about Carl Gaertner once advanced by the great Cleveland industrial designer Viktor Schreckengost, who knew Gaertner personally, was that Gaertner might have been colorblind. Most colorblind men tend to have the red-green variety of colorblindness, which impedes their ability to distinguish between types of greens and reds, but enables them to see blues and yellows with great intensity. It is intriguing to speculate that Industrial Cleveland (Red) was Gaertner's first version, one in which he explored the tonal relationships of his subject before painting the present work, in radiant blues and yellows. Whatever the reason for painting two near-versions of a similar scene, Gaertner created the same feeling in both: a tremendous fondness for the muscular architecture of Cleveland. HID04901242017
Heritage Auctions
Nov. 08, 2018
CARL FREDERICK GAERTNER (AMERICAN, 1898-1952) INDUSTRIAL CLEVELAND (RED), 1930 O
Est: $10,000 - $15,000
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952) Industrial Cleveland (Red), 1930 Oil on canvas 35 x 41 inches (88.9 x 104.1 cm) Signed and dated lower left: Carl Gaertner / 1930 PROPERTY OF A CALIFORNIA FAMILY Carl Frederick Gaertner was the most celebrated artist of the Cleveland School to paint heroic industrial landscapes during the 1920s. His scenes of titanic steel mills and blast furnaces along the snaking Cuyahoga River in his native Cleveland, Ohio, and similar subjects he recorded in nearby Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, earned him virtually every artistic award Cleveland could heap upon him. Before long, his reputation stretched far beyond Cleveland as he won widespread national recognition for his portrayals of the poetry and power of the rust belt's mammoth steel industry and the teeming chaos needed to service it: bridges, barges, and a vast network of railroads. His work caught the attention of Macbeth Gallery, the first New York gallery to represent American art exclusively, and which became his exclusive dealer. Macbeth mounted solo show after solo show for the artist until his untimely death at age 54. The two industrial landscapes by Carl Gaertner in the present auction represent a significant rediscovery. Their whereabouts have been unknown since 1930, when one (Industrial Cleveland (Red)) appeared in the list of works the artist submitted to the Cleveland Museum of Art's 1930 "Twelfth Annual Exhibition of Work by Cleveland Artists and Craftsmen." The father of the present owner acquired both works in Cleveland around 1930, while he was living there, and perhaps purchased them directly from the artist prior to his representation by Macbeth Gallery. HID04901242017
Heritage Auctions
Oct. 20, 2018
Carl F. Gaertner oil
Est: $600 - $900
Carl F. Gaertner (American 1898-1952)- Cabin in The Woods- oil on canvasboard, signed C. F. Gaertner lower right, framed. 9 x 12''
Rachel Davis Fine Arts
Jul. 14, 2018
Set of 4 paintings by Carl Frederick Gaertner
Est: $800 - $1,200
(lot of 4) Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1982), House on a Hill, House by a River, Clouds Through the Trees and Late Autumn Snow Scene, gouaches (2), oil on canvas board and watercolor, each signed, sights: 5.75"h x 5.75"w/5.75"h x 5.75"w/6"h x 7"w/11"h x 14"w, overalls (all framed): 7.75"h x 7.75"w/7.75"h x 7.75"w/7.5"h x 8.75"w/19"h x 21.75"w
Clars Auctions
Jun. 17, 2018
Set of 4 paintings by Carl Frederick Gaertner
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
(lot of 4) Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1982), House on a Hill, House by a River, Clouds Through the Trees and Late Autumn Snow Scene, gouaches (2), oil on canvas board and watercolor, each signed, sights: 5.75"h x 5.75"w/5.75"h x 5.75"w/6"h x 7"w/11"h x 14"w, overalls (all framed): 7.75"h x 7.75"w/7.75"h x 7.75"w/7.5"h x 8.75"w/19"h x 21.75"w
Clars Auctions
Jun. 02, 2018
WATERCOLOR SIGNED CARL F GAERTNER
Est: $250 - $350
Watercolor of a sailboat by Carl F. Gaertner (American, 1898-1951). A member of the Cleveland School with a paper label on reverse dating it to 1926. Dimensions are: Image size - 14" X 11 3/8", Overall - 20 3/8" X 18 3/8". All measurements are approximate.
Oakridge Auction Gallery
May. 19, 2018
Watercolor, Carl Frederick Gaertner
Est: $400 - $600
Carl Frederick Gaertner (American, 1898-1952), Untitled (Late Autumn Snow Scene) watercolor, signed lower right,. sight: 11"h x 14"w, overall: 19"h x 21.75"w
Clars Auctions