Heinie Hartwig Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1937 -

Heinie Hartwig (American Artist: b. 1937) He became a painter of primarily western subjects although he also does landscapes and still lifes. He started painting in 1970, working on his art in the evenings, and a year later quit his job and began painting for a living. He grew up in the Santa Clara Valley of California, and left for three years to spend time traveling through Europe with the Army. He was in Germany as the Berlin Wall went up and persuaded his wife, Eva, to leave East Germany to marry him and returned to Santa Clara. By 1991, he was in "Who's Who in American Art". Hartwig taught himself to paint by studying the "Old Masters." He was attracted to the charm and romance of classic art. Though most of his work has a western theme, Hartwig is a versatile painter. Many of his paintings are landscapes and still lifes.