Name/Title
Man Fishing Porter Creek Oil PaintingEntry/Object ID
1998.A.02Description
Man fishing on Porter Creek with small boat to his left, two more fishermen in distance in creek. Church spire seen amongst trees. Framed in beveled gold ornate mirror. Signed on bottom left "A.T. Cahoon --85" [Previous notation, unsure of the exact location]
Annie Taintor Cahoon (b. 1869, Sterling, Illinois - d. 13 Nov 1951, Golden Valley, Minnesota) was the adopted daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Cahoon. She and Amy Elisabeth Smith had an interior decorating business, the Studio of Applied Art in downtown Cleveland in the late 1800's before she relocated to Milwaukee, MN. She was a charter member of the American Institute of Decorators and secretary of William A. French Co. in Milwaukee for more than 40 years before retiring in 1933. She resided at the time of her death in the Leamington Hotel that was built in 1912. Annie never married.
From accessions: "Wischmeyer + Cahoon, Mouth of Porter Creek, Looking East"Collection
Saddler Family CollectionDimensions
Height
43-1/4 inWidth
35 inDepth
3-1/4 inDimension Notes
Painting exposed: 25.5" x 35"Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Cahoon, A.T., Cahoon, Elizabeth Hughes
