Three Sterns

Painting

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Milwaukee Public Library

Name/Title

Three Sterns

Type of Painting

Easel

Artwork Details

Medium

Watercolor on Board

Context

Descriptions from acquisition indicate that the painting pictures “ore freighters moored at Jones Island” or “Great Lakes bulk carriers at winter mooring."

Collection

Wisconsin Art Collection, Permanent Art Collection, Great Lakes Marine Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1967.1

Source or Donor

Edmund Fitzgerald, Wisconsin Marine Historical Society

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

Edmund D Lewandowski

Notes

If this does picture the Edmund Fitzgerald under construction, maybe ca. 1957 if Lewandowski painted it while the ship was being constructed.

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Transcription

"E.D. Lewandowski"

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed Size

Height

27 in

Width

32 in

Dimension Description

Image Size

Height

17-1/2 in

Width

23-1/2 in

Copyright

Notes

© Estate of Edmund Lewandowski

Exhibitions

Notes

"The Legend Lives On – 50 Years Later," Grohmann Museum, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI, October-December 2025. "Two Edmunds: Fitzgerald and Lewandowski—Their Mark on Milwaukee," Grohmann Museum, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI, August 2020-January 2021. "Great Lakers," Grohmann Museum, Milwaukee School of Engineering, Milwaukee, WI, April-August 2012. "The Layton School of Art Legacy Exhibition," University Art Museum, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, September-December 1984. "Great Ships on the Great Lakes," Pabst Mansion, Milwaukee, WI, August-September 1984.