(Cave Paintings - Altamina Galloping Boar)

 

John William Winkler

  1894 - 1979 (biography)

c. 1927  

pastel 

5.5 x 12" image 

not signed 

unique drawing 

"-W-" in pencil lr 

Pl. XV, La Caverne d'Altamira, Cartailhac/Breuil, 1906 

Barcelona Catalunya, Spain white wove paper 

 

 

JA333 

$750.00 

After the Altamira Cave paintings by Henri 'Abbe' Brueil (French: 1877-1965), the first archeologist to date and catalogue the art works. The cave is located in the village of Antillana del Mar, Cantabria, Spain, and this image is sometimes referred to as "Galloping Boar" to differentiate it from others in the cave. Winkler created a series of several charcoal, conte crayon, pastel, graphite, and ink drawings of such imagery, well as carved figures from prehistoric eras.