Woltersdorf’s work is defined by its painter sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Driscoll's Ideal Danceland, Chicago, Illinois, Exterior Perspective
Woltersdorf & Bernhard American, 20th Cen.

Dying Man Being Consoled by Christ on the Cross, Virgin and Saints
Gottfried Bernhard Goetz German, 1708-1774

Wheellock Gun
Barrel smith: Berhard Albrecht (German, active 1557–87) Augsburg

Bernhard Willhelm looking back
Wolfgang Tillmans German, born 1968

Poster
Lucian Bernhard American, born Austria, 1883-1972

Scene from Pliny
Christian Bernhard Rode German, 1725-1797

Arthur Woltersdorf Papers
Arthur Woltersdorf (1870-1948)

Portrait of Elizabeth Patterson (?)
After Bernhard de Guérard (German, died 1836)

Peter Schuttler II House, Chicago, Illinois, Front Elevation
Bauer & Loebnitz American, 1866–1874

Wallpaper Sample
Jean Zuber et Cie. (French, 1797-1968)

King Henry of France and Saint Bernard of Clairvaux
Possibly Johann Christoph Lischka (Bohemian, 1650-1712) or Gottfried Bernhard Goetz (German, 1708-1774) or Jonas Umbach the elder (German, 1624-1693)

Das Chorgestühl des Kölner Doms Der Kunstbrief, from Books, Set No. 3
Arturo Herrera (American, born 1959) original text written by Bernhard von Tieschowitz original text published by Gebr. Mann Verlag GmbH, Berlin, 1948

Peregrinatio in terram sanctam (Journey to the Holy Land)
Erhard Reuwich (Netherlandish, c. 1455–c. 1490) text by Bernhard von Breydenbach (German, c. 1440–c. 1497) published by Peter Schöffer (German, c. 1425–1503)

Flüsse und Seen, from Books, Set No. 1
Arturo Herrera (American, born 1959) original text edited by Bernhard Bergmann original text published by Athenäum Verlag, Junker und Dünnhaupt KG, Bonn, in 1956

Job in Luck (Hiob im Glück)
Christian Bernhard Rode (German, 1725-1797)

Johann Kupetzky
Bernhard Vogel (German, 1683-1737) after Johann Kupetzky (Slovakian, 1667-1740)

Self-Portrait
Walter Shirlaw (American, 1838–1909)

Martin Vanden Bogaert Desjardins
Gérard Edelinck (French, born Flanders, 1640-1707) after Hyacinthe Rigaud (French, 1659-1743)

Remembrance of Italy
Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (French, 1796-1875) printed by Auguste Delâtre (French, 1822-1907) published by Cadart et Chavalier, Editeurs (French, 1801-1900)

Priest and Boy
Lawrence Carmichael Earle American, 1845-1921