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
"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
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
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
World War II Naval Engagement
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed & Dated
Canvas, Oil
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
Whale Hunting
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed & Dated Lower Right
Canvas, 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
"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
Three Sailors
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right
Canvas, Oil
Treasure Island
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed & Dated Lower Right by Artist
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
“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
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
World War II Naval Engagement
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed Lower Right
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
$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
Cargo Transfer
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right
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
"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
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
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
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
Dock Workers Unloading Freighter
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right
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
Figures in Rowboat Alongside of Barg
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Signed & Dated Lower Right
Canvas, Oil
$4,862
H 18 in W 22 in D 3 in
Oil Painting by Frank Moss Bennett "By the Fountain"
By Frank Moss Bennett
Located in Mere, GB
Oil Painting by Frank Moss Bennett "By the Fountain" 1874 -1952 Painter of figurative scenes and townscapes, studied at the the Royal Academy school and regular exhibitor there and L...
Oil
$2,800
H 35.5 in W 55 in
Rosignano Dawn Diptych, Set of 2 Offset Lithographs, 2006, Edition of 120
By Massimo Vitali
Located in Aventura, FL
Offset lithograph on paper. Each stamped and numbered on verso. Edition of 120. Size: 35.5 x 27.5 inches (each); 35.5 x 55 inches (total). Artwork is in excellent condition. Certif...
Lithograph, Offset
Walking By The Sea
By Nicola Simbari
Located in Lake Worth Beach, FL
Walking By The Sea. Artist signed lower right corner, canvas size (31 1/2 x 39 1/4in). Nicola Simbari was born in Italy and grow up in Rome. He studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Roma, and in the 1940s he began devoting himself to painting in a studio at Via del Babuino in central Rome. Simbari's early exposure to the architectural world had a lasting impression on his art, as he incorporated geometric forms and architectural structures into almost all of his paintings. He began to develop a distinct style stemming from impressions of life, nature, and the Mediterranean...
Cotton Canvas, Oil
$975
H 11.25 in W 15.25 in
"Texas Hill Country Landscape With Cattle" oil painting of wildflowers, cactus
By Don Warren
Located in Austin, TX
Canvas Size: 12 x 16 in. Frame Size: 20.5 x 24.5 in. Signed, lower left: "Don Warren" A serene, classic, and cheerful scene in the Texas Hill Country by Don Warren. The foreground i...
Canvas, Oil
$1,475
H 27 in W 20 in D 2 in
Antique French Impressionist Paris School Giltwood Framed Street Scene Painting
Located in Buffalo, NY
Antique French impressionist cityscape oil painting. Oil on canvas. Framed. Signed. In excellent original condition. Handsomely framed in a giltwood molding. Excellent condition...
Oil, Canvas
A farmstead on Long Island
By Frank Waller
Located in Philadelphia, PA
Frank Waller (American, 1842-1923) Farmstead, Long Island Oil on canvas, 13 x 21 inches FRAMED: 18 x 26 inches (approx.) Note: while this work is unsigned, it relates to a number o...
Canvas, Oil
$1,275
H 17 in W 15 in D 2 in
French Impressionist Painting Portrait of a Young Girl Paris School
Located in Rochester, NY
Striking French impressionist portrait of a young girl. Oil on board. Original carved frame. Circa 1950's. Signed illegibly lower right.
Oil
$7,932
H 28.5 in W 35.5 in D 3 in
Sporting horse portrait oil painting of bay hunter in a stable
By Alfred Grenfell Haigh
Located in Nr Broadway, Worcestershire
Alfred Grenfell Haigh British, (1880-1963) Braydon Oil on canvas, signed & dated 1913, further inscribed Braydon Image size: 22.5 inches x 29.5 inches Size including frame: 28.5 in...
Canvas, Oil
$9,500
H 25.5 in W 21.5 in D 2 in
“Jamaican Girl by the Palm Tree, c. 1930” American Impressionist Portrait Lyme
By Will Howe Foote
Located in Yardley, PA
“Jamaican Girl by the Palm Tree, c. 1930” by Will Howe Foote (American, 1874-1965) A fantastic portrait of a young Jamaican woman set against a vibrant palm frond, painted by the re...
Oil, Board
Abstract - Surrealist Lithograph
Located in Houston, TX
Surreal lithograph with light lavender and blue colors, 1982. Titled and numbered on lower left and signed lower right in pencil. Displayed on a white mat with a gold border and fi...
Paper, Lithograph
$3,419
H 23 in W 26 in D 2 in
Three Kittens Oil Painting, Framed, French School, Late 19th Century, signed
By Alfred Arthur Brunel De Neuville
Located in St. Albans, GB
Alfred Arthur BRUNEL DE NEUVILLE French 1852 - 1942 Signed by the artist bottom right Picture Size: 18 x 22" (46 x 56cm) Frame Size: 25 x 29" (64 x 74cm) Born in 1852 in Paris and ...
Canvas, Oil
Portrait of a Seated Woman
By Paul H. Winchell
Located in Fairlawn, OH
Portrait of a Seated Woman oIl on canvas, c. 1930 Signed on the reverse in oil paint: "Paul W" Created while the artist was a student at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts Provenance: Estate of the artist Condition: Cleaned and stretched by Monica Radecki, South Bend, Indiana. The painting is unframed Canvas size: 30 x 24 inches This work created while the artist was in art school. Winchell studied art at the Minneapolis and Chicago Art Institutes in the 1930’s. He went on to teach at both institutions. Winchell studied under the noted artists Daniel Garber and Leon Kroll. Winchell exhibited at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Art Institute of Chicago and the Kansas City Art Institute. He retired to a quiet life in Painsville, Ohio. Paul H. Winchell (1903 – 1971) was a printmaker, illustrator, teacher, and gilder according to Crump, 2009 (Minnesota Prints and Printmakers, 1900- 1945, Minnesota Historical Society Press). He was the son of Mrs. Looman Winchell of Shepherd Rd as noted in a 1937 newspaper article (Painsville, O. Telegraph). Winchell grew up in North Perry, Ohio and then studied and worked as an instructor at the Art Institute of Chicago. He studied with Leon Kroll (1884 – 1974), Boris Anisfeld (1878-1973), Daniel Garber (1880 – 1958), Charles Woodbury (1864 – 1940), George Oberteuffer...
Oil
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
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
Tavern Scene
By Anton Otto Fischer
Located in Fort Washington, PA
Date: 1928 Medium: Oil on Canvas Dimensions: 22.00" x 26.00" Signature: Signed and Dated Lower Right
Canvas, Oil