Edmond J. Fitzgerald Floral Still Life Oil Painting
Item Details
Edmond J. Fitzgerald (American, 1912 – 1989)
Untitled (floral still life)
Oil on canvas
Signed “E.J. Fitzgerald NA” to lower right
An oil painting on canvas of a floral still life by well-listed American artist Edmond James Fitzgerald (1912-1989). This work features an arrangement of flowers in bulbous green vase, set on a table in front of a draped picture frame. Signed to the lower right, this work is presented in a copper-tone gesso and wood frame with a canvas liner.
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 was 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 his 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
- minor rubbing stains to lower center of painting; small spots of accretion and faint scuff marks scattered throughout painting; minor wear scattered throughout frame.
Dimensions
- measurement of frame; visible image measures approximately 19.25" W x 23.5" H.
Item #
18DCC605-210
