Gilbert Munger's quest for distinction

Magazine Antiques, July, 2003 by Michael D. Schroeder, J. Gray Sweeney

Fig. 2. The Herring Fleet, by Monger, 1879. Signed "Gilbert Munger" outside of plate, at right. Etching, 7 by 11 inches. Private collection.

Pl. VIII. Duluth, by Munger, 1871. Signed and dated "Gilbert Munger 1871" at lower left. Oil on canvas, 25 by 50 inches. Collection of the City of Duluth, Duluth Public Library Minnesota.

Pl. IX. San Giorgio Maggiore, Venice, by Manger. c. 1882. Signed "Gilbert Munger" at lower left. Oil on canvas, 20 by 30 inches. Collection of Alice Jamar Kapla.

FL X. Reflections on a Lake, by Munger, c. 1890. Signed "Gilbert Munger" at lower right. Oil on mahogany, 12 by 18 inches. Tweed Museum Of Art, University of Minnesota Duluth, gift of the Orcutt family in memory of Robert S Orcutt.

Pl. XI. Seine near Poissy, by Munger, c. 1890. Signed "Gilbert Munger" at lower left. Oil on wood, 15 by 21 1/2 inches. The painting was reproduced as a plate in [Sprigg], Memoir, between pp. 12 and 13. Private collection.

Pl. XII. Cazenovia Corn Field, by Munger, c. 1900. Signed "Gilbert Munger" at lower left. Oil on canvas, 34 by 58 inches. Tweed Museum of Art, gift of Melville Silvey.

Pl. XIII. French Forest Scene, by Munger, c. 1890. Signed "Gilbert Munger" at lower left. Oil on canvas, 32 by 25 1/2 inches. Tweed Museum of Art, Orcutt family gift in memory of Robert S. Orcutt.

MICHAEL D. SCHROEDER is assistant director of Microsoft Research Silicon Valley in Mountain View, California, and created the Munger Web site.

J. GRAY SWEENEY, a professor of American art history at Arizona State University in Tempe, writes extensively on American art.