Edmond J. Fitzgerald Oil Painting "Oregon Coast"
Item Details
An oil painting on canvas board titled Oregon Coast by well-listed American artist Edmond James Fitzgerald (1912-1989), late 20th century. This work features a coastal scene portrayed from an elevated territory overlooking the Haystack Rock that emerges from the waters of Cannon Beach, Oregon. The composition is depicted in a post-impressionistic manner with full-bodied pigments, broad brushstrokes and intermittent areas of impasto. The piece is signed to the lower right. To the verso, the title, and the inscription reading ‘Soluvar ’84’ is included. The composition is presented in an ornate gilt and gesso frame.
Provenance
From the artist’s estate
Renowned for his sea-landscape, landscape, portrait and genre paintings, Edmond J. Fitzgerald is prolific in a wide range of mediums including oil, watercolor, and charcoal. He is considered active in Washington, Seattle, New York and Cincinnati.
Fitzgerald grew up in the Seattle area, graduated from The California School of Fine Arts, and as a young man participated in an U.S. Geological Survey Expedition to Alaska. He is known for love of painting the outdoors. A Naval officer during World War II, he later continued many years in the Naval Reserves, with many naval art assignments.
He was notably influenced by Eustace Ziegler and Alaskan landscapes. He married Mary Louise Streets, a ceramics student before the war, and moved to New York after the war. He taught classes at institutions such as a Parson’s School of Design, and the New York Academy of Design. A former president of the Allied Artists of America and the American Watercolor Society, Fitzgerald’s art is in permanent collections at the White House, George Washington University, the Seattle Art Museum and many others. He authored art books titled Painting and Drawing in Charcoal and Oil and Marine Painting in Watercolor. After Mary Louis Streets died he married Margaret Trent and relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio.
Condition
- negligible wear, scratches, minor finish discoloration throughout the frame; minor creases on paint to corners of composition; negligible paint loss and wear throughout the edges of painting; negligible toning and negligible stains throughout the composition.
Dimensions
- measures the frame; sight size 15.5" W x 11.5" H.
Item #
18DCC747-007
