Edmund Fitzgerald

Painting

Milwaukee Public Library

Name/Title

Edmund Fitzgerald

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Context

Largest ship on the Great Lakes. From the 5/21/1959 MS: "Lewandowski made six or seven trips to River Rouge during the construction of the Fitzgerald. He was on board during her shakedown run, so that he might achieve understanding of her structure and a feel for her quality."

Collection

Wisconsin Art Collection, Artwork Collection, Marine Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1982.1

Source or Donor

Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Edmund D Lewandowski

Date made

1959

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature and Date

Location

Lower right

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed Size

Width

41-3/4 in

Dimension Description

Image Size

Height

25-1/2 in

Width

35-1/2 in

Provenance

Notes

"[O]ne of three paintings that NML [Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance] commissioned of the ship when it was under construction." (See documentation in accession record at 1982.1 and appraisal report at De Lind 2020).

Research Notes

Notes

This painting is pictured in James Kieselburg's "Midwestern Images of Labor," Journal of the Society for Industrial Archaeology 34, nos. 1-2 (2008), p. 147.