Edmond J. Fitzgerald Monumental Oil Painting "Ogunquit Beaches"
Item Details
Edmond J. Fitzgerald (American, 1912 – 1989)
Ogunquit Beaches
Oil on canvas
Signed “E.J. Fitzgerald, NA” to lower right
Titled and inscribed to verso
A monumental oil painting on canvas titled Ogunquit Beaches by well-listed American artist Edmond James Fitzgerald (1912-1989). This work features a panoramic coastal scene in Maine with people scattered throughout the beach. It is signed to the lower right and presented in a silver-tone gesso and wood frame with foliate molding. An inscription on cardboard backing to the verso provides the title of the work.
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.
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Condition
- small dimple present to right central area of canvas; some wear in frame includes small chips, stains, scratches, and finish loss scattered throughout.
Dimensions
- measurement of frame; canvas size measures approximately 50" W x 36" H.
Item #
18DCC605-230
