Brandywine Museum of Art
One Hoffmans Mill Road
Po Box 141
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
Po Box 141
Chadds Ford, PA 19317
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Museums page for Anton Otto Fischer ((1882 - 1962)), known for Marine and other genre painting, illustration. Showing 9 museum collections and exhibitions.
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1882 Munich, Germany - 1962 Woodstock, New York. Known for: Marine and other genre painting, illustration.
Best known for his Gloucester, Massachusetts fishing scenes, war convoys, and marine battle scenes, Anton Fischer was born in Munich, Germany and came to New York City in 1903. Among his illustrated... Read full biography
Best known for his Gloucester, Massachusetts fishing scenes, war convoys, and marine battle scenes, Anton Fischer was born in Munich, Germany and came to New York City in 1903. Among his illustrated books were "Moby Dick", "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", and "Treasure Island." He was known... Read full biography
Best known for his Gloucester, Massachusetts fishing scenes, war convoys, and marine battle scenes, Anton Fischer was born in Munich, Germany and came to New York City in 1903. Among his illustrated books were "Moby Dick", "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", and "Treasure Island." He was known for his technical accuracy, as well as the portrayal of men's emotions in a variety of subjects. Fischer often used photographs to verify his illustrations. Orphaned at an early age, he ran away at... Read full biography
Best known for his Gloucester, Massachusetts fishing scenes, war convoys, and marine battle scenes, Anton Fischer was born in Munich, Germany and came to New York City in 1903. Among his illustrated books were "Moby Dick", "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", and "Treasure Island." He was known for his technical accuracy, as well as the portrayal of men's emotions in a variety of subjects. Fischer often used photographs to verify his illustrations. Orphaned at an early age, he ran away at fifteen years of age when forced to study for the priesthood. He became a printer's devil, but soon went to sea for eight years, except for a fourteen-month period in 1905-06 when he worked as a model and general handyman for artist Arthur Burdette... Read full biography
Best known for his Gloucester, Massachusetts fishing scenes, war convoys, and marine battle scenes, Anton Fischer was born in Munich, Germany and came to New York City in 1903. Among his illustrated books were "Moby Dick", "Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea", and "Treasure Island." He was known for his technical accuracy, as well as the portrayal of men's emotions in a variety of subjects. Fischer often used photographs to verify his illustrations. Orphaned at an early age, he ran away at fifteen years of age when forced to study for the priesthood. He became a printer's devil, but soon went to sea for eight years, except for a fourteen-month period in 1905-06 when he worked as a model and general handyman for artist Arthur Burdette Frost. He also worked as a member of the crew on racing yachts in Long Island Sound, in New York and Connecticut. Fischer went to Paris in October... Read full biography
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About Anton Otto Fischer: Museums & Collections
Museums & Collections (9)
All MuseumsChannel Islands Maritime Museum (CIMM)
3900 Bluefin Circle
Oxnard, CA 93035Coast Guard Museum
C/O U.S. Coast Guard Academy
15 Mohegan Avenue
New London, CT 06320-4195Mystic Seaport: Museum of America and the Sea
75 Greenmanville Avenue
Po Box 6000
Mystic, CT 06355-0990Navy Art Collection, Navy Historical Center
805 Kidder Breese Street Se, Bldg 67
Washington Navy Yard
Washington, DC 20374-5060New Bedford Whaling Museum
C/O Kendall Institute
18 Johnny Cake Hill
New Bedford, MA 02740-6398San Diego Maritime Museum
1492 North Harbor Drive
San Diego, CA 92101The National Museum of American Illustration
Vernon Court
492 Bellevue Avenue
Newport, RI 02840Woodstock Artists Association Museum
28 Tinker Street
Woodstock, NY 12498