Edmond James Fitzgerald Graphite Drawing "Anne"
Item Details
Edmond James Fitzgerald (American, 1912 – 1989)
Anne
Graphite drawing on paper
Signed to lower left
Title inscribed to matting
American Drawing Biennial XXII attribution label to vers
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 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 is 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 Louise Streets died, he married Margaret Trent and relocated to Cincinnati, Ohio.
- Item not examined outside of mounting
Condition
- minor toning to sheet; minor staining to right margin; wear, toning and staining to matting; wear, toning, adhesive and water staining to verso.
Dimensions
- measures matting; sight measures 7.5" W x 10.5" H.
Item #
ITMG274215
