Edmond J. Fitzgerald 1961 Watercolor on Paper "US Naval War College"
Item Details
Edmond J. Fitzgerald (American; 1912 – 1989)
US Naval War College, 1961
Watercolor on paper
Signed “E.J. Fitzgerald” to lower left
Titled and dated to verso
A watercolor painting on paper titled US Naval War College by well-listed American artist Edmond James Fitzgerald (1912-1989), created in 1961. Featuring a dusky river bank scene, this work is signed ‘E.J. Fitzgerald’ to the lower left. It is titled and dated to the paper verso. The painting is not matted and remains unframed.
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
- minor wear, stains, and toning to paper edges.
Dimensions
Item #
18DCC747-009