April 17, 2024
Orr Cleveland Fisher Original Heavy Oil Painting on Burlap C.1940
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Early painting in Orr Cleveland Fisher career. Original Oil on Burlap C. 1940. Approximately 8.5 x 6.5 size There is a sale sticker on the back but it is too light for me to read. The buyer taped a newspaper clipping regarding a "One Man" showing of Fisher's art in St. Joseph. Beautiful old painting on stretched burlap. It seems that the painting was done in the frame after the burlap was stretched to create a canvas for the artist. Buyer made want to reframe but the hand created and painted frame which seems to have been made by Fisher is very unqiue. The picture itself will need to be professionally cleaned to give it a fresh look. WPA Artist | Orr C. Fisher Orr Cleveland FISHER was born on a farm near Delphos, Ringgold County, Iowa, on November 27, 1885, the son of James and Sarah FISHER, the brother of Guyer, Dale, Eula, and Iona. He exhibited an interest in art at an early age, drawing with whatever implement was handy, even using his finger to draw figures in plow furrows. His formal art education was limited to correspondence courses in drawing, cartooning, design, and illustration and two periods of instruction at the Cumming School of Art, Des Moines, Iowa, in 1913 and later in 1921. Orr attended Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, drawing cartoons for the Drake DELPHIC and illustrating the University's annual QUAX in
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