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Tom Rost
"Catching A Fish, " Gouache and Watercolor, Signed

c. 1950's

$11,600
£8,768.16
€10,076.18
CA$16,152.93
A$17,969.47
CHF 9,419.82
MX$219,582.55
NOK 119,949.68
SEK 112,916.03
DKK 75,214.84
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About the Item

"Catching A Fish" is an original gouache and watercolor painting on illustration board. It is signed in the lower left by the artist Tom Rost. 25" x 20 5/8" art 30 5/8" x 24 3/4" framed with museum glass Tom Rost spent most of his life in Wisconsin, graduating from the Milwaukee State Teacher's College (now the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). He began his artistic career as an illustrator for the Civilian Conservation Corps, the Works Progress Administration, and the Treasury Department. Later, he began illustrating for the Milwaukee Journal and then left to work in New York with the Field & Stream magazine. He is considered by many to be the "Norman Rockwell of outdoor magazines." "Catching A Fish" is captures Rost's attention to naturalism and detail as well as his affinity with dynamic motion and color.
  • Creator:
    Tom Rost (1909 - 2004, American)
  • Creation Year:
    c. 1950's
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 30.63 in (77.81 cm)Width: 24.75 in (62.87 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Framing:
    Frame Included
    Framing Options Available
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    Milwaukee, WI
  • Reference Number:
    Seller: 11912c1stDibs: LU605312779242

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