CALIFORNIA ARTIST Oil/Canvas ~ AMERICAN IMPRESSIONIST ~ c1920s Framed LISTED

Description: Original Impressionist oil painting by American landscape painter Hugo Melville Fisher (1878-1946). An early spring or late autumn landscape with patches of snow on the ground and houses on the distant hills. The painting is an oil stretched canvas and is signed in the lower left by the artist. Great size, the painting measures 30 x 26 inches and with its frame the outside dimensions are 37 1/4 x 33 1/4 inches. The frame is somewhat newer, looks to be a circa 1980s good quality gallery frame with linen liner, suits the painting nicely. The painting has very minor surface grime, otherwise it is in excellent condition. Hugo Melville Fisher (1878-1946) was active in California and noted as an American Impressionist landscape and marine painter. Born in Brooklyn, the son of artist Hugo Anton Fisher and brother to the painter Harrison Fisher, his family resettled in Alameda, California when he was eight years old. After studying under his father, Fisher traveled to Europe and studied with some of the most influential artists of the time including; James McNeill Whistler, Adolphe Bouguereau, and Benjamin-Constant. He spent sixteen years in Europe and exhibited in London and Paris, his work was well-received. With his reputation as a painter assured, he returned to New York in 1920 and after further traveling throughout the world, he returned to his California childhood home in 1938. Noted Exhibitions: Mechanics' Institute (SF), 1886-89; California State Fair, 1891 (medal); Babcock Gallery (NYC), 1921; Ainslie Galleries (NYC), 1921-25; Durand-Ruel Galleries (Paris), 1937; Barker Bros (LA), 1938; Graves Gallery (SF), 1940; Allied Artists of America 1921-31. Public Collections: The Oakland Museum; The Butler Institute of American Art; The Flint Institute of Arts; and The Reading Public Museum

Price: 875 USD

Location: Brooksville, Florida

End Time: 2024-09-08T00:38:03.000Z

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