Topic 3 of 56: Harrison Fisher
Fri, Mar 21, 1997 (20:12) |
Paul Terry Walhus (terry)
For those of you that
don't know of him, he was an illustrator in the early part of this
century. For many if us collecting his work is a passion. I started
collecing Fisher about six years ago. When did everyone else start?
I have emailed everyone I know that collects Fisher, except Naomi.
If anyone has her address please let her know about this web site.
My favorite piece if Fishers work is the Sept. 1925 issue of Cosmo.
46 responses total.
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Response 1 of 46: Susan (eustacia) * Fri, Mar 21, 1997 (21:43) * 2 lines
Terry -- Kathy is still having trouble. She says that there is no place for her to respond. I know that she already emailed you once. What could she be doing wrong?
I hope that we can work this out. I am still waiting for all the other Fisher Fanatics to get here.
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Response 2 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Mar 21, 1997 (21:46) * 1 lines
What is Kathy trying exactly? Can you describe what's going on?
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Response 3 of 46: Susan (eustacia) * Fri, Mar 21, 1997 (22:02) * 2 lines
I am afraid that my email doesn't always reach her. But she emailed me saying that she doesn' have a place to respond. I am not sure what that means. Then she said that she re-registerd an got an error message. I am not even sure if she has gotten to the point of where this message is at now. Kathy if you can read this email me and I will leave a response here. I will also try to email you with step by step instructions. Thanks Terry for trying to help. My idea of a Fisher Talk Room doesn't seem t
be working.
Topic 3 of 56 [art]: Harrison Fisher
Response 4 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Mar 22, 1997 (00:02) * 1 lines
Don't give up. Keep pumping it up. Can you think of some more art related topics?
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Response 5 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Aug 9, 1998 (08:45) * 26 lines
From my mailbag:
Message 2/550 From RONDALD CLARK Aug 8, 98 10:00:48
pm -0700
Date: Sat, 08 Aug 1998 22:00:48 -0700
Reply-To: ronc2@freewwweb.com
Organization: CLARK ELECTRIC
To: terry@www.spring.net
Subject: Harrison Fisher Prints
Terry:
Well, here I am another HF admirer. I just love everyone that I see
and wish that I could have one of each too. Today, well I found the
Best Gift so now it's time to do some research. Printed by Schribner
(spelling may not be correct).
The frame is put together with nails to hold the illustration in the
frame. The picture was in a consignment shop since November 97. And, I
am ashamed that I've been in there not once, twice, but three times and
she was waiting for me in a back room on the floor stack up on its edge
with about 8 other prints.
Do you know anything about The Best Gift, 1909.
Thanks, Rosemary
Can anyone help Rosemary? (ie. the folks who requested I start this topic?)
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Response 6 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Aug 9, 1998 (09:22) * 3 lines
I am ashamed to admit that I don't even know who this artist is. I can find him in none of my dicionaries, and know NONE of his works. I will do some research in the library as soon as I have a bit more time.
Was he an American artist? In which case I will feel slightly less embarrassed, because my field is more European artists, as well as a certain amount of African. Do you have any information on this guy, Terry?
Topic 3 of 56 [art]: Harrison Fisher
Response 7 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Aug 10, 1998 (00:08) * 27 lines
I found this and several other pictures at
http://www.tias.com/stores/aesthetic/hf-1.html
And on http://members.spree.com/keithjo/harrisonfisher.html
I found a little biographic material:
"The Father of A Thousand Girls", HARRISON FISHER (1875-1934)
showed an early interest in drawing and from the age of six was
instructed by his father, Hugh Antoine Fisher, a landscape painter. When
his family moved from Brooklyn to San Francisco, Harrison studied there
at the Mark Hopkins Institute of Art. At sixteen, Fisher had begun to
make drawings for the San Francisco Call and later for the Examiner. Soon
after returning to New York, Fisher sold two sketches to Puck Magazine
which also hired him as a staff artist. He became noted for his ability
to draw beautiful women, and his Fisher Girls became rivals to those of
Gibson and Christy. The American Girl was a favorite theme for the
magazine then, and Fisher did cover illustrations for most of them. For
many years he was under an exclusive contract to do covers for
Cosmopolitan, but eventually he restricted himself to painting portraits
including many actresses and theatrical personalities. - Walt
Reed
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Response 8 of 46: Autumn Moore (autumn) * Mon, Aug 10, 1998 (00:15) * 1 lines
I learned something today! Thanks for the background, Terry.
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Response 9 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Aug 10, 1998 (02:00) * 3 lines
Yes, thank you! Thank God he was American - I was so embarrassed about not knowing who he was!
Thank you for the pictures as well. Very pretty pretty pretty, but gorgeous! And
I did not know that baywatch girls already existed back then. 'Cos, these were defenitely baywatch girls!
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Response 10 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Aug 10, 1998 (12:24) * 2 lines
He seems to be very prolific in his production of beauteaous babes for
magazine covers, etc.
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Response 11 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Aug 10, 1998 (14:34) * 1 lines
Yep - defenitely had a keen eye there! Oh, Terry, I've not pestered you for art for a long time, have I? So here's the deal: you send me art, I send you nothing. Okay?
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Response 12 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Aug 10, 1998 (14:58) * 2 lines
Wait a minute, that's unfair, I'm in too much pain right now from a
grueling dental visit this morning. Make a better offer!
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Response 13 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Aug 10, 1998 (17:05) * 5 lines
My gut reaction is to offer a kiss, but you're probably not going to feel it on your teeth or with a numb mouth.
Let me think . . .
Ah, I've got it! You send me art, I send you underpants with swiss cows on....
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Response 14 of 46: wer (KitchenManager) * Tue, Aug 11, 1998 (09:12) * 1 lines
I think he'd rather have the Swiss cows with underpants on...
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Response 15 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Aug 11, 1998 (11:27) * 1 lines
Another one of his strange fetishes? See, I told you I found Terry a little scary, and now I know my instinct was right all along!
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Response 16 of 46: Wolf (wolf) * Tue, Aug 11, 1998 (22:31) * 1 lines
fisher's samples look like old coke advertisements, were they?
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Response 17 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Wed, Aug 12, 1998 (00:37) * 2 lines
Numb no more.
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Response 18 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Aug 12, 1998 (01:42) * 3 lines
°BIG SMILE°
Yes, Wolf, that's the one - and I only found out who he is a few days ago; my knowledge of American art equals my knowledge of nunhood.
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Response 19 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Aug 16, 1998 (11:34) * 7 lines
And here's another little gem by the artist to whom this topic is devoted to. And it is called:
AUTUMN'S BEAUTY!!!!
So, eat your hearts out, guys:
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Response 20 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Aug 16, 1998 (21:37) * 3 lines
So, what, in your opinion, art goddess, what role do you think Harrison
Fisher has in the history of modern art?
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Response 21 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Aug 17, 1998 (01:51) * 3 lines
Holy mare, what a question to ask someone who hasn't had breakfeast yet.
But the answer that pops up is a commercial one mainly. Based on the little knowledge I have now aquired (through you!) I think this must have been one of the first big-time commercial artists. And the word 'commercial' suggests to me 'for everyone'. And that is a very important role to play as an artist, I think. His art was obviously for everyone, there was no symbolism, no 'deeper' meaning in his pictures, which only artists and highly educated people could understand and appreciate. He painted be
utiful women - and who can't appreciate that? He brought art down to the middle- and working classes. That's admirable, I think.
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Response 22 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Aug 18, 1998 (04:59) * 6 lines
Here's another one of his pretty girls:
Harrison Fisher
'A Forest Flower'
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Response 23 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Aug 20, 1998 (16:46) * 7 lines
And another totally sweet one.
Harrison Fisher
'A Prairie Belle'
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Response 24 of 46: wer (KitchenManager) * Thu, Aug 20, 1998 (17:26) * 1 lines
this one's my fave so far
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Response 25 of 46: Wolf (wolf) * Thu, Aug 20, 1998 (22:36) * 1 lines
he like(d)(s) to paint women's faces, huh?
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Response 26 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Fri, Aug 21, 1998 (02:59) * 3 lines
I like this one best too, muffin.
I think the guy was totally smitten with our species, Wolf. Nice of him.
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Response 27 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Aug 22, 1998 (09:38) * 3 lines
'By right of conquest'
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Response 28 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Aug 23, 1998 (08:01) * 6 lines
And here's one for any wistful insomniac...
'Caught Napping'
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Response 29 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sun, Aug 23, 1998 (22:07) * 1 lines
Nice picture. Very soft.
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Response 30 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Aug 24, 1998 (01:43) * 1 lines
It is - his work is very pretty pretty, but I like it more all the time.
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Response 31 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Aug 24, 1998 (11:06) * 4 lines
We should email those Fisher groupies and tell them we're having a party
in their topic!
After all, they asked for the topic.
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Response 32 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Mon, Aug 24, 1998 (13:12) * 1 lines
Great idea! What are their addresses?
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Response 33 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Mon, Aug 24, 1998 (17:43) * 3 lines
Are they in the beginning of this topic if you scroll up or view all the
responses and click on their names?
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Response 34 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Aug 25, 1998 (02:30) * 1 lines
Oh yes, those! Sorry, I'm so chaos minded. I'll go look, and send them some mails.
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Response 35 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Aug 25, 1998 (08:35) * 1 lines
Gosh, you're a chaos theoretician too, multi-talented!
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Response 36 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Aug 25, 1998 (10:01) * 1 lines
And since when would that be?!?!
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Response 37 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Tue, Aug 25, 1998 (10:33) * 2 lines
Uh oh (backpedals) easy there, easy!
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Response 38 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Aug 26, 1998 (02:07) * 2 lines
Booh!
°BIG KISS°
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Response 39 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Thu, Aug 27, 1998 (06:45) * 5 lines
'Beauty and Value'
I'm not THAT crazy about this one, but hey, all artists have their off days.
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Response 40 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Aug 28, 1998 (21:54) * 25 lines
Topic 3 of 34 [art]: Harrison Fisher
Response 1 of 39: Susan (eustacia) * Fri, Mar 21, 1997 (20:43) * 2 lines
Terry -- Kathy is still having trouble. She says that there is no place for her to respond. I know that she already emailed you once. What could she be doing wrong?
I hope that we can work this out. I am still waiting for all the other Fisher Fanatics to get here.
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Response 2 of 39: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Fri, Mar 21, 1997 (20:46) * 1 lines
What is Kathy trying exactly? Can you describe what's going on?
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Response 3 of 39: Susan (eustacia) * Fri, Mar 21, 1997 (21:02) * 2 lines
I am afraid that my email doesn't always reach her. But she emailed me saying that she doesn' have a place to respond. I am not sure what that means. Then she said that she re-registerd an got an error message. I am not even sure if she has gotten to the point of where this message is at now. Kathy if you can read this email me and I will leave a response here. I will also try to email you with step by step instructions. Thanks Terry for trying to help. My idea of a Fisher Talk Room doesn't seem t
be working.
We need to tell Kathy and Susan and the rest of the Fisherettes that
it's working!
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Response 41 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Sat, Aug 29, 1998 (01:40) * 1 lines
I've e-mailed Susan, and got no reply - that was abou three weeks ago already.
Topic 3 of 56 [art]: Harrison Fisher
Response 42 of 46: Paul Terry Walhus (terry) * Sat, Aug 29, 1998 (18:04) * 2 lines
What about Kathy?
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Response 43 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Sun, Aug 30, 1998 (02:28) * 10 lines
I figured Susan would be the one to mail since her friend was having trouble with her e-mail. I'll try her though. Just hope her e-mail address is still the same. You don't have their home addresses, do you? Because then I could send them each and official invitation, which might induce them to come here.
Oh, I've just thought of something else: back when they used to come, the address will have been Spring.com, not Spring.net - perhaps they've tried to come back, but can't, 'cos they don't know about the change. I'll remember to send them the URL the next time.
And in the meantime:
'Good Little Indian'
Lovely, isn't it?
Topic 3 of 56 [art]: Harrison Fisher
Response 44 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Sep 1, 1998 (04:56) * 3 lines
'Music Hath Charms'
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Response 45 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Wed, Sep 9, 1998 (07:35) * 3 lines
'Can't you Speak?'
Topic 3 of 56 [art]: Harrison Fisher
Response 46 of 46: Riette Walton (riette) * Tue, Sep 15, 1998 (04:50) * 3 lines
'On Summer Seas'
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