Ernest Fiene

New Snow

Ernest Fiene's original lithograph, New Snow dates from 1946. In this year the Library of Congress awarded this lithograph its "First Purchase Prize." Impressions of New Snow are included in the collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Yale University and the Smithsonian American Art Museum.

"In New Snow, I tried to symbolize the purity of New England design. It has been my impression that the early New England architects designed their churches with the thought of silhouetting them against the crisp winter background of snowy hills and struggling barren trees. The emphasis on purity of line and color embodies the cultural contributions of Man to Nature. This particular church is located in an isolated spot at a crossroad in the township of Eaton, Conn."

Coven writes that the church is still standing and may be seen in the village of Stepney, Connecticut. *

This original lithograph is printed upon fine wove paper and with full margins as published by the Associated American Artists in the limited edition of two hundred and fifty impressions. It is signed by the artist in pencil to the lower right margin.

New Snow

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Ernest Fiene (Elberfeld, Germany, 1894 - Paris, 1965)
#	Image	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes
01-		New Snow by Ernest Fiene	Original Lithograph	1946	Signed and dated by Ernest Fiene in pencil along the lower right margin. First and only state as published by the Associated American Artists of New York in a limited edition of 250 impressions.
02.-		Winter Evening by Ernest Fiene	Original Lithograph	1936	Signed by Ernest Fiene in pencil along the lower right margin.First and only state as published by the Associated American Artists of New York in a limited edition of 206 impressions.

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Title:	New Snow
Artist:	Fiene, Ernest (Elberfeld, Germany, 1894 - Paris, 1965)
Date:	1946
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Publisher:	Associated American Artists, New York
Printer:	George C. Miller
Edition:	Limited Edition of Two Hundred and Fifty Impressions
Note:	Ernest Fiene: A major American painter and lithographic artist, Ernest Fiene came to the United States as a young boy. He received his artistic education at the prestigious National Academy of Design as well as studying under Joseph Pennell and Charles Wheeler Locke at the Art Students’ League of New York. It was at this latter institution that Fiene first experimented in the art of lithography. This medium would play a major role in his entire artistic career.
	Ernest Fiene’s first published lithographs date from the mid 1920’s. During the next two decades his lithographic still lifes, figure studies, landscape and city views were highly acclaimed throughout the United States. Along with such famous artists as Rockwell Kent and Lynd Ward, Fiene was at the forefront of American Art Deco -- the influential movement that emphasized elements of design and decoration. Thus his original lithographs today are as much in demand as when they were first created.
	New Snow is an outstanding work of lithographic art contrasting the whiteness of the snow and the church with the greys and blacks of the stormy skies. Ernest Fiene's great feeling for the power of design is here seen to its fullest. The Library of Congress awarded this lithograph its "First Purchase Prize.". In 1949, three years later Ernest Fiene created another lithograph very similar to this one, however, aside from changes to the landscape surrounding the church, entitled, Colonial Church the image is in reverse.
Edition:	New Snow was commissioned by the Associated American Artists of New York in 1946 in a sole, limited edition of 250 impressions. Since its creation in the mid 1930's the Associated American Artists commissioned original graphic art from such great masters as Grant Wood, Ernest Fiene, Thomas Hart Benton, Reginald Marsh, George Elmer Browne and others. It published etchings and lithographs of no less stature during the 1960's and 1970's as contributing artists included Robert Bero, David Shapiro, Jack Levine, Chaim Koppelman, Joseph Margulies, James Kearns, Gregory Masurovsky, Jack Coughlin and Sidney Chafetz.
Raisonne:	* Jeffrey Coven, The Prints of Ernest Fiene: A Catalogue Raisonne in Progress, www.catrais.org/Fienecatalogue. Catalogue Entry #87, First and only state as published in New York in 1946 in a limited edition of 250 impressions.
Size:	9 1/2 X 13 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $495.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon fine wove paper and with full margins as published by the Associated American Artists in New York in 1946. Signed by the artist in pencil to the lower right margin. A fine, strong impression and in excellent condition throughout. New Snow represents a prime, original example of the famous art of Ernest Fiene.
Subject:	Ernest Fiene, New Snow, original lithograph, First Purchase Prize," Library of Congress, American Art Deco, Stepney, Connecticut, church, early New England architects, Smithsonian American Art Museum.
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