The marine paintings by Anton Otto Fischer are as authoritative as only a working sailor could make them.
Born in Munich, Germany, but orphaned as a boy, Fischer ran away to sea at 16 and spent eight years before the mast on a variety of sailing ships. Paid off in New York, he stayed to apply for American citizenship and to teach seamanship on the school ship, St. Mary's. He later served as a hand on racing yachts on Long Island Sound and worked as a model and handyman for the illustrator A.B. Frost. When he had saved enough money, he spent two years at the Académie Julian in Paris under Jean-Paul Laurens.
Returning to the United States, Fischer sold his first picture to Harper's Weekly in 1908, around the time he moved to Wilmington to receive critiques from Howard Pyle. Everybody's Magazine sent him the first of several Jack London stories. In 1910, he began a 48–year association with The Saturday Evening Post, which included illustrating serialized characters such as Peter B. Kyne's "Crappy Ricks," Norman Reilly Raine's "Tugboat Annie," Guy Gilpatrick's "Glencannon," as well as serials for Kenneth Robert and Nordhoff and Hall.
In 1942, he was given the rank of Lieutenant Commander as "Artist Laureate" for the United States Coast Guard and was assigned North Atlantic convoy duty on the Coast Guard cutter Campbell during the winter of 1943. The Campbell was disabled during a successful attack on a German U-boat, and Fischer's dramatic paintings of this experience were published by Life magazine. The pictures are now in the Coast Guard Academy at New London, Connecticut.
In 1947, Fischer wrote and illustrated a book about his earlier sailing years, entitled Focs'le Days: A Story of My Youth, published by Charles Scribner's Sons.
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Professor Herbert Raymond Moody
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Professor Herbert Raymond Moody, head at MIT, Hobart college, college City New York, Gilbert School, winsted conn. And of the chemistry division of the national research council, mem...
Oil
$12,000
Dog in Front of Church near a sign that says "Strangers Welcome"
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Illustration of a dog in front of a church near a sign that says "Strangers Welcome" Canvas Dimensions: 20" x 16" Framed Dimensions: 25" x 21" Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signe...
Oil, Canvas
Story illustration for “Smoke Bellew” by Jack London for Cosmopolitan Magazine
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “Smoke Bellew” by Jack London for Cosmopolitan magazine, published January 1912, page 200. The full caption reads: “With much awkwardness and angry haste, the...
Canvas, Oil
“We could sell that ship for forty thousand dollars!” The Lively Lady
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “The Lively Lady” by Kenneth Roberts for The Saturday Evening Post, published March 21, 1931, page 18. The full caption reads: “We could sell that ship for fo...
Oil
Anton Otto Fischer Pen and Ink Book Illustration Drawing
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in New Windsor, NY
A small pen and ink rendering by the famed nautical and maritime artist, Anton Otto Fischer (Fisher) (1882-1962). Matted and backed in cardboard. Signed with initials, AOT, lower lef...
Paper
A Careless World ...A Needless Sinking original 1942 vintage World War 2 poster
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Spokane, WA
Original vintage World War 2 poster: A Careless Word … A Needless Sinking. A Careless Word ... A Needless Sinking. Linen backed origin...
Offset
"Little Tolo" Saturday Evening Post Illustration, December 30, 1922
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right The illustration depicts a clipper ship at sea. "Little Tolo," a story illustration for the Saturday Evening Post, December 30, 1922. The marine paintings by Anton Otto Fischer are as authoritative as only a working sailor could make them. Born in Munich, Germany but orphaned as a boy, Fischer ran away to sea at 16 and spent eight years before the mast on a variety of sailing ships. Paid off in New York, he stayed to apply for American citizenship and to teach seamanship on the school ship, "St. Mary's." He later served as a hand on racing yachts on Long Island Sound and worked as a model and handyman for the illustrator A.B. Frost. When he had saved enough money, he spent two years at the Academie Julian in Paris under Laurens. Returning to the United States, Fischer sold his first picture to Harper's Weekly in 1908, around the time he moves to Wilmington to receive critiques from Pyle. Everybody's magazine sent him the first of several Jack London stories. In 1910, he began a 48-year association with The Saturday Evening Post, which included illustrating seialized characters such as Peter B. Kyne's "Crappy Ricks," Norman Reilly Raine's "Tugoat Annie," Guy Gilpatrick's "Glencannon," as well as serials for Kenneth Robert...
Canvas, Oil
Fishermen Battling Heavy Seas
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right fishermen battling high seas
Canvas, Oil
Cargo Transfer
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right
Canvas, Oil
Original Vintage War Propaganda Poster Careless Word Needless Sinking WWII
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in London, GB
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster - A Careless Word... A Needless Sinking - featuring dynamic artwork by the Saturday Evening Post illustrator Anton Otto Fischer (1882...
Paper
1942 by acclaimed maritime artist Anton Otto Fischer, this dramatic W
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in PARIS, FR
Created in 1942 by acclaimed maritime artist Anton Otto Fischer, this dramatic World War II propaganda poster issues a stark warning to the American public: Loose talk can cost lives...
Linen, Paper, Lithograph
Original Illustration for Moby Dick
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 28.00" x 22.00", Framed 34.00" x 28.00" Signature: Signed Lower Left Original illustration for Moby Dick: 'To ...
Canvas, Oil
$7,900
"Mr. Gallup Delivers the Goods", Saturday Evening Post Illustration, Januar
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right Illustration for the Saturday Evening Post. The illustration depicts a man being booted off the ship. "Mr. Gallup Delivers the Goods" story was written by Norman Reilly Raine for the January 11, 1947 issue of Saturday Evening Post. The marine paintings by Anton Otto Fischer are as authoritative as only a working sailor could make them. Born in Munich, Germany but orphaned as a boy, Fischer ran away to sea at 16 and spent eight years before the mast on a variety of sailing ships. Paid off in New York, he stayed to apply for American citizenship and to teach seamanship on the school ship, "St. Mary's." He later served as a hand on racing yachts on Long Island Sound and worked as a model and handyman for the illustrator A.B. Frost. When he had saved enough money, he spent two years at the Academie Julian in Paris under Laurens. Returning to the United States, Fischer sold his first picture to Harper's Weekly in 1908, around the time he moves to Wilmington to receive critiques from Pyle. Everybody's magazine sent him the first of several Jack London stories. In 1910, he began a 48-year association with The Saturday Evening Post, which included illustrating seialized characters such as Peter B. Kyne's "Crappy Ricks," Norman Reilly Raine's "Tugoat Annie," Guy Gilpatrick's "Glencannon," as well as serials for Kenneth Robert...
Canvas, Oil
World War II Naval Engagement
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Right
Canvas, Oil
Argument on the Dock
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Used as Advertisement in the Saturday evening Post Signed Lower Right
Oil
Treasure Island
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed & Dated Lower Right by Artist
Oil
Life Boat at Sea
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right. Inscribed Lower Right: Art Kane- To Nip Behrmann 1941 Magazine story illustration. Probably published by Saturday Even...
Canvas, Oil
$6,900
“Speak wi’ me after the plowing.” Illustration for The Saturday Evening Post
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Story illustration for “Toward the Millennium: When Adam Delved and Eve Span” by F. Britten Austin, published in The Saturday Even...
Canvas, Oil
World War II Naval Engagement
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed & Dated
Canvas, Oil
Trapped, Magazine Story Illustration showing a Naval Battle
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “Trapped” by Alec Hudson for The Saturday Evening Post, published February 10, 1940, illustrated on pages 12-13. The full caption reads: “A depth charge...
Canvas, Oil
"Somewhere in France" Every Week Magazine Cover
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Appeared on the front page of the February 1918 issue of Every Week Magazine. A man looking at a map while smoking a pipe. Signed Lower Right.
Oil
Three Sailors
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right
Canvas, Oil
Untitled
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed "A.O.F 19" Lower Left "Man & Woman in Disagreement" Long affiliated with The Saturday Evening Post (nearly 50 years), he did dozens of covers and much story art, most notably the long-running Tug-Boat Annie and with maritime painting, Fischer was more versatile than depicting the sail and dreadnaughts when given a chance. Still, he's best known for painting the sea, her beauty and her dangers (whether hurricanes or U-Boats). It's no surprise that his oils graced such titles as The Cruise of the Cachalot: Round the World After Sperm Whales, Treasure Island, The Mutineers, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea...
Canvas, Oil
Formosa Patrol
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
USS Epperson (DD/DDE-719) was gearing-class destoryer names for United States Marine Corps Private Harold G. Epperson (19231944), who was posthumously awarded the medal of honor for his heroisn in the battle of Saipan. The U.S.S. Epperson was launched on 22 of December 1945 by Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. J. B. Epperson, mother of private Epperson; she was redesignated DDE-719 on 28 January 1948; completed by Bath Iron Works...
Canvas, Oil
Dock Workers Unloading Freighter
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right
Canvas, Oil
"The Pearl of Panama"
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Left Sight Window 24.00" x 22.00" Image of an inspector at a crime scene aboard ship. Saturday Evening Post Illustration. Long affiliated with The Saturday Evening Post (nearly 50 years), he did dozens of covers and much story art, most notably the long-running Tug-Boat Annie and with maritime painting, Fischer was more versatile than depicting the sail and dreadnaughts when given a chance. Still, he's best known for painting the sea, her beauty and her dangers (whether hurricanes or U-Boats). It's no surprise that his oils graced such titles as The Cruise of the Cachalot: Round the World After Sperm Whales, Treasure Island, The Mutineers, 20000 Leagues Under the Sea...
Canvas, Oil
"The Yogi of West Ninth Street" SEP Illustration, 1935
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Sight Window 28.00" x 22.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
Canvas, Oil
Whale Hunting
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed & Dated Lower Right
Canvas, Oil
Figures in Rowboat Alongside of Barg
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed & Dated Lower Right
Canvas, Oil
$2,213Sale Price|24% Off
H 24 in W 48 in D 1 in
Wild Horse, abstract, figurative oil on linen, rich bold colors
By Toni Franovic
Located in Dallas, TX
Toni Franović was born in Zagreb on April 15th, 1964. He is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Zagreb, where he studied under professor Vasilije Jordan. In 1992/93 he joined t...
Oil, Cotton Canvas
$1,732Sale Price|20% Off
H 27.56 in W 31.11 in
Antique painting, fisherman on the coast, oil on canvas.
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique painting, fisherman on the coast, oil on canvas. Frame damaged in places. Dimensions with frame.
Canvas, Oil
$16,000Sale Price|27% Off
H 32.5 in W 38 in D 1.5 in
"Pool of my Imagination"
By Charles Frederick Naegele
Located in Southampton, NY
Beautiful oil on canvas painting of a young nude woman sitting on a large rock in a enchanted grotto with two swans. The painting was executed in the 1920's and is in fine original condition. Unlined and housed in its original Stanford White hand carved wood gilt frame. Signed lower left. Provenance: Szynanski Gallery, Beverly Hills; Temple Steel Company, Chicago, Illinois; acquired from the above in 1980. Condition report: Stretcher bar mark center with corresponding light cracks. Born in Knoxville, Tennessee, as a child Naegele moved with his parents to Memphis, where by 1873 he was apprenticed to a tombstone carver at three dollars a week. He also earned money painting...
Canvas, Oil
$4,192Sale Price|35% Off
H 14 in W 12 in
Portrait of a French 19th century lady in a gilt and ormolu hand made frame
By Gustave Jean Jacquet
Located in Woodbury, CT
Gustave Jaquet Jacquet was born on 25th May 1846 in Paris. He was a pupil of Bouguereau and for his debut at the Paris Salon in 1865, he exhibited 'The Reverie' which was very much i...
Oil, Wood Panel
$842Sale Price|30% Off
H 18.12 in W 21.66 in
Landscape with castle oil on canvas painting
By Rafael Griera Calderón
Located in Sitges, Barcelona
Frame size 78x87 cm. Rafael Griera Calderón was born incidentally in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria in 1934. After residing in Olot from 1942 to 19...
Canvas, Oil
Rare Port and Starboard Lanterns
Located in Norwell, MA
Rare port and starboard lanterns with Fresnel red and blue/green lenses. Brass cases. Electrified. 6.5 x 6 x 5.5.
Brass
$4,812Sale Price|20% Off
H 27.17 in W 24.61 in
Baroque Florentine painter - 17th century figure painting - Crucifixion
Located in Varmo, IT
Tuscan Master (17th century) - Raising of the Cross. 52 x 45.5 cm without frame, 69 x 62.5 cm with frame. Antique oil painting on panel, in a carved, gild...
Oil, Panel
Polished Steel Ships Port and Starboard Lanterns
Located in Norwell, MA
Pair of polished and lacquered ships port and starboard lanterns with clear glass Fresnel lenses, vented chimney tops, carry handles and sliding rear doors. ...
Steel
The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist
Located in West Sussex, GB
Manner of Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) French The Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist Oil on canvas: 32 x 27 ½ in. Frame: 37 x 33 in. This fabulous and well execut...
Oil
$1,323
H 15.75 in W 11.82 in D 0.12 in
Original-Sunset Meditation-Abstract Expression-UK Awarded Artist-Cat-red sky
Located in London, GB
In a moment of serene tranquility, bathed in the eternal glow of the winter sunset beneath the characteristic red hues of the Scottish sky, Shizico Yi's painting captures a poignant ...
Gesso, Canvas, Wood, Oil, Acrylic
Vintage And Rare Specimen Of A large Natural Blue Coral
Located in New Orleans, LA
This is a spectacular specimen of a Vintage Blue Ridge Coral. Blue corals are some of the only corals to retain their color within their skeletons. They ar...
Coral
$938 / item
H 8.67 in Dm 30.32 in
21st Century Almeria Large Towel and Shoes Handwoven Basket with Handles
By Pinetti
Located in Bagnatica, Lombardia
Part of the Almeria collection this Pinetti hand-woven basket made with eco-friendly washable and resistant material suitable also for outdoor use. Perfect for shoes holders...
Leather
At Full Sail
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Wiscasett, ME
Oil on canvas, signed in the lower right. This oil on canvas featuring a ship at full sail measures 31.25" x 41.5" including the frame. It is in excellent condition and ready to hang. Anton Otto Fisher 1882 - 1962, German/American Best known for his Gloucester, Massachusetts fishing scenes, war convoys, and marine battle...
Oil
"At Full Sail" by Anton Otto Fisher
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Wiscasset, ME
Oil on canvas, signed in the lower right. This oil on canvas featuring a ship at full sail measures 31.25" x 41.5" including the frame. It is in excellent condition and ready to hang. Anton Otto Fisher 1882 - 1962, German/American Best known for his Gloucester, Massachusetts fishing scenes, war convoys, and marine battle...
Paint
Ship at Sea
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil Painting Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right
Oil
Furling the Sails
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Board Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right
Oil, Board
Sold
H 15.75 in W 11.25 in D 1 in
"Kunst-Anstalt fur Moderne Plakate" from Les Maitres de l'Affiche
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Hinsdale, IL
FISCHER, OTTO (1870 -1947) "Kunst-Anstalt fur Moderne Plakate" Original lithograph from "Les Maitres de L'Affiche" series Printed by Imprimerie Chaix, Paris Bearing MDL stamp lower right, from issue #32, 1898. Plate #127 Unframed Size: 11 3/8 x 15 3/4” The "Les Maitres de l'Affiche" series was offered as a subscription series to collectors every month for 60 months, from December 1895 through November 1900. The "Maitres de l'Affiche," were issued as separate numbered sheets, referred to as "plates". They were numbered, with the printers name "Imprimerie Chaix," in the margin at the bottom left hand corner, "PL.1" to "PL.240." In the margin at the bottom right hand corner of each, is a blind embossed stamp from a design of Cheret's. The smaller format and the fact the "Maitres" were a paid subscription series, allowed Imprimerie Chaix to use the latest state of the art printing techniques, not normally used in the large format posters due to cost. A very high quality of paper was used, where as the large format posters were printed on lesser quality newsprint, due to cost and a short expected life span. This explains why the quality of the printing, in the "Maitres de l'Affiche," usually far exceeds that of their larger counterparts. "In 1896, the first year of the Jugendstil, or German Art Nouveau style...
Lithograph
A Day's Catch
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Saratoga Springs, NY
Signed lower right. Best known for his Gloucester, Massachusetts fishing scenes, war convoys, and marine battle scenes, Anton Fischer was born in Munich, G...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 22 in W 36 in
"Cape Horn Pilot, " Saturday Evening Post, December 14, 1940
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed and Dated "Cape Horn Pilot," depicting a ship in storm, story illustration for the Saturday Evening Post, Decemb...
Canvas, Oil
Sold
H 30 in W 21 in
Story illustration for “Smoke Bellew” by Jack London for Cosmopolitan Magazine
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for “Smoke Bellew” by Jack London for Cosmopolitan magazine, published January 1912, page 200. The full caption reads: “With much awkwardness and angry haste, the...
Oil, Canvas
Merchant Vessel
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed and Dated
Canvas, Oil
Moby Dick Illustration
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Story illustration for Moby Dick by Herman Melville, for the 1931 edition published by The John C. Winston Company. The full caption reads “The three harpoo...
Canvas, Oil
Summer Seas
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Sheffield, MA
Anton Otto Fischer American 1882 - 1962) Summer Seas Oil on canvas 1945, signed 'Anton Otto Fischer' and dated lower right, Inscribed 'Summer Seas by Anton Otto Fischer' on the reverse. 26 x 32 in. W/frame 32 1/2 x 38 1/2 in. Best known for his Gloucester, Massachusetts fishing scenes, war...
Oil
Sailing Ship at Sea
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 13.00" x 18.00" Signature: Signed Lower Right
Canvas, Oil