Forest of Fontainebleau, oil on canvas, 18.5" x 23.5" image, 29.5" x 32.5" framed, s.l.r. "Gilbert Munger 1900"

Born in Madison, CT. Worked for 10 years as an engraver at Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, at age of 14. Was an engineer in the Union Army during the Civil War. Moved to New York City and maintained a studio there and in St. Paul, Minnesota, where his brothers lived in 1866. During the summer of 1869, traveled to Utah as a guest artist with Clarence King's Geological Exploration of the 40th parallel of the Uinta and Wasatch Mountains. The next season, traveled the Cascade Mountains for Northern California, Oregon, and Washington. Visited San Francisco three times during the 1870s and traveled in Carmel and Yosemite.

Lived in London from 1877-1886. Then, lived in Paris from 1886-1893, where his work softened by the influence of the Barbizon style. Traveled to Venice, Southern France, Spain, and Germany. Returned to U.S., lived in New York City. Then moved to Washington, D.C. for the last two years of his life.

Exhibited: National Academy of Design, 1866 and 1871; New Haven; and Boston.

Published: Painting of "Niagara Falls" included in Home Journal and King's Systematic Geology, Volume I, 1878.

In the collection of: Tweed Museum of Art; Oakland Museum of California; Yale University Art Gallery; St. Louis County Historical Society; Brenau University Galleries; Washington County Museum of Fine Arts; Heckscher Museum; Miami University Art Museum; Utah Museum of Fine Arts; and more.