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Anton Otto Fischer Art

German, 1882-1962

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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Artist: Anton Otto Fischer
"Little Tolo" Saturday Evening Post Illustration, December 30, 1922
"Little Tolo" Saturday Evening Post Illustration, December 30, 1922

"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...

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1930s Other Art Style Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Professor Herbert Raymond Moody
Professor Herbert Raymond Moody

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...

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20th Century Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Oil

Fishermen Battling Heavy Seas
Fishermen Battling Heavy Seas

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

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20th Century Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Canvas, Oil

"The Pearl of Panama"
"The Pearl of Panama"

"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...

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1930s Other Art Style Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Cargo Transfer
Cargo Transfer

Cargo Transfer

By Anton Otto Fischer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right

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1940s Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Argument on the Dock
Argument on the Dock

Argument on the Dock

By Anton Otto Fischer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Used as Advertisement in the Saturday evening Post Signed Lower Right

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1920s Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Oil

"Mr. Gallup Delivers the Goods", Saturday Evening Post Illustration, Januar

"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...

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1940s Other Art Style Anton Otto Fischer Art

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1942 by acclaimed maritime artist Anton Otto Fischer, this dramatic W
1942 by acclaimed maritime artist Anton Otto Fischer, this dramatic W

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...

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1940s Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Linen, Paper, Lithograph

Patriotic Couple at Home. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Calendar
Patriotic Couple at Home. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Calendar

Patriotic Couple at Home. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. Calendar

By Anton Otto Fischer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Original calendar illustration for Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, published 1919. The illustration features a couple spending a quiet evening at home. A woman sews blue stars ...

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1910s Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Life Boat at Sea
Life Boat at Sea

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...

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1940s Other Art Style Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Treasure Island
Treasure Island

Treasure Island

By Anton Otto Fischer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Signed & Dated Lower Right by Artist

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1940s Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Oil

Original Illustration for Moby Dick
Original Illustration for Moby Dick

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 ...

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Mid-20th Century Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Whale Hunting
Whale Hunting

Whale Hunting

By Anton Otto Fischer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Signed & Dated Lower Right

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1930s Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Canvas, Oil

“Speak wi’ me after the plowing.” Illustration for The Saturday Evening Post
“Speak wi’ me after the plowing.” Illustration for The Saturday Evening Post

“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...

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1920s Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Story illustration for “Smoke Bellew” by Jack London for Cosmopolitan Magazine
Story illustration for “Smoke Bellew” by Jack London for Cosmopolitan Magazine

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...

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1910s Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Dog in Front of Church near a sign that says "Strangers Welcome"
Dog in Front of Church near a sign that says "Strangers Welcome"

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...

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Mid-20th Century Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Formosa Patrol
Formosa Patrol

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...

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20th Century Other Art Style Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Canvas, Oil

"Somewhere in France" Every Week Magazine Cover
"Somewhere in France" Every Week Magazine Cover

"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.

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1910s Other Art Style Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Oil

Three Sailors
Three Sailors

Three Sailors

By Anton Otto Fischer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right

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1920s Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Untitled

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...

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20th Century Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Canvas, Oil

Dock Workers Unloading Freighter
Dock Workers Unloading Freighter

Dock Workers Unloading Freighter

By Anton Otto Fischer

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature: Signed Lower Right

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20th Century Anton Otto Fischer Art

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Canvas, Oil

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Information from 1st edition: Probable dust jacket but present frontispiece for book "Resurrection" by Edwin Balmer, 1920. Published by Hooder and Stoughton, London, New York and Toronto. Book illustration, image of woman and soldier on skis following bloody trail. Published by Little, Brown & Co. Exhibited: The Triumph of Winter, National Arts Club, New York, December 16, 2013- January 5, 2014 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...

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Man in Rigging
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Canvas, Oil

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Find a wide variety of authentic Anton Otto Fischer art available for sale on 1stDibs. If you’re browsing the collection of art to introduce a pop of color in a neutral corner of your living room or bedroom, you can find work that includes elements of blue and other colors. You can also browse by medium to find art by Anton Otto Fischer in oil paint, paint, canvas and more. Much of the original work by this artist or collective was created during the 20th century and is mostly associated with the post-war style. Not every interior allows for large Anton Otto Fischer art, so small editions measuring 1 inch across are available. Customers who are interested in this artist might also find the work of Doris Marten, Edith Konrad, and Peter Nottrott. Anton Otto Fischer art prices can differ depending upon medium, time period and other attributes. On 1stDibs, the price for these items starts at $350 and tops out at $35,000, while the average work can sell for $9,250.

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