Ogden M. Pleissner (1905-1983)
Wilderness Trout Streamsigned "Pleissner" lower left
watercolor, 17 1/2 by 27 3/8 in.
titled and signed on The Sporting Gallery and Bookshop, New York, New York label on back
“Great sporting artists are great artists who know the habits of wild creatures and have committed to memory every detail of habitat. These are men who have experienced the thrill of an Atlantic salmon or a large trout taking a well-presented fly, the explosion of a bursting covey of quail, sunrise on a duck marsh, running the rapids in a canoe, sleeping under the stars, and in many other ways truly lived in nature. Partly because special experience is behind all true sporting art, it is in a class by itself, and has had very few masters. Among them: Winslow Homer (1836-1910), Frederick Remington (1861-1909), Carl Rungius (1869-1959), Frank W. Benson (1862-1951), A.B. Frost (1851-1928), A.L. Ripley (1896-1969), Thomas Eakins (1844-1916), and Ogden Pleissner (1905-1983).
"One can always sense, in Pleissner’s sporting pictures that he is painting the things he likes to look at in the places he likes to be.” — Peter Bergh
Pleissner’s skill at capturing the tumble and splash of rushing water is demonstrated in “Wilderness Trout Stream.” His animated brushwork evokes the movement of the outdoors, not only the rippling water, but also the swaying trees and rustling grass.
Provenance: Private Collection, South Carolina
Private Collection, Sun Valley, Idaho
Literature: Peter Bergh, "The Art of Ogden M. Pleissner," Boston, MA, p. 73.
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