Ships at Sea

Anton Otto Fischer: (1882-1962) Studied with A.B. Frost (c.1903), in Bavaria, Julian Acad., Paris with Jean Paul Laurens, H. Pyle in Wilmington. Member of: S.I. and Woodstock AA. Exhibits include: Salons of Am., Soc. Indp. A. Works at: Woodstock AA., Coast Guard Academy, CT., (artist laureate in WW II). He came to NYC to be a model and handyman for Frost. He is best known for his Gloucester fishing schooners, war convoys and marine battles. Illustrated sea stories for Saturday Evening Post since 1910. Also for Life Magazine, Adventure Magazine. Books illustrated include Moby Dick, Treasure Island,Black Hawk, Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea. Authored "Fosc'le Days." Well listed in Who was Who in American Art.