oil on canvas, signed lower left Anton Otto Fischer A wonderful painting of a three-masted ship on the verge of encountering a fierce storm. The growing waves are washing up on the main deck, and the strong winds have already reduced on sail to tatters. Commissioned in 1950, finished in 1957, the painting is in its original painted and distressed frame; 21.5" high x 31.5" wide (w/o frame); 27.25" high x 37.75" wide (w/frame). Anton Otto Fischer (1882-1962), born in Germany and orphaned at a young age, he spent eight years of his youth at sea as a deck boy. Life at sea inspired his artistic abilities and he studied at the Julian Academy in Paris with Jean Paul Laurens from 1906-1908, after which he came to the United States. He briefly studied with Howard Pile in Wilmington Delaware, after which he opened a studio in Woodstock, New York. He was welcomed into the American art community because of his skill in painting marine subjects. He also became a prolific illustrator for many magazines, including "The Saturday Evening Post," "Life," as well as editions of "Moby Dick," "Treasure Island," and "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." This painting was commissioned by Lt. Col. Frederick Kaufman and it was acquired from his estate in early 2003. Accompanying the painting is a letter from Fischer to Kaufman dated June 16, 1957, in which he expresses his joy that Kaufman liked the painting and he tells him of other commissions, and about his service in the Coast Guard during WWI. He adds a postscript with instructions on varnishing the painting after "four or five months." A very similar painting appears on page 29 of Focs'le Days (NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947), a book both written and illustrated by Fischer. "This is a book about life at sea in the old days--when sailing ships still rounded the Horn in a nightmare of foul weather and a sailor's reward for risking his life on a yardarm was meager pay, wretched food, and a thorough skinning when he came ashore." A copy of this book, inscribed by the author, is included with the painting. Condition:Minor wear to frame; else VG+.
oil on canvas, signed lower left Anton Otto Fischer A wonderful painting of a three-masted ship on the verge of encountering a fierce storm. The growing waves are washing up on the main deck, and the strong winds have already reduced on sail to tatters. Commissioned in 1950, finished in 1957, the painting is in its original painted and distressed frame; 21.5" high x 31.5" wide (w/o frame); 27.25" high x 37.75" wide (w/frame). Anton Otto Fischer (1882-1962), born in Germany and orphaned at a young age, he spent eight years of his youth at sea as a deck boy. Life at sea inspired his artistic abilities and he studied at the Julian Academy in Paris with Jean Paul Laurens from 1906-1908, after which he came to the United States. He briefly studied with Howard Pile in Wilmington Delaware, after which he opened a studio in Woodstock, New York. He was welcomed into the American art community because of his skill in painting marine subjects. He also became a prolific illustrator for many magazines, including "The Saturday Evening Post," "Life," as well as editions of "Moby Dick," "Treasure Island," and "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea." This painting was commissioned by Lt. Col. Frederick Kaufman and it was acquired from his estate in early 2003. Accompanying the painting is a letter from Fischer to Kaufman dated June 16, 1957, in which he expresses his joy that Kaufman liked the painting and he tells him of other commissions, and about his service in the Coast Guard during WWI. He adds a postscript with instructions on varnishing the painting after "four or five months." A very similar painting appears on page 29 of Focs'le Days (NY: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1947), a book both written and illustrated by Fischer. "This is a book about life at sea in the old days--when sailing ships still rounded the Horn in a nightmare of foul weather and a sailor's reward for risking his life on a yardarm was meager pay, wretched food, and a thorough skinning when he came ashore." A copy of this book, inscribed by the author, is included with the painting. Condition:Minor wear to frame; else VG+.
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