Rome Glacier

Painting

Milwaukee Public Library

Name/Title

Rome Glacier

Artwork Details

Medium

Oil on Canvas

Collection

Wisconsin Art Collection, Permanent Art Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1974.8

Source or Donor

Great Northern Railway

Acquisition Method

Gift

Made/Created

Artist

John Fery

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Signature

Transcription

"J. Fery"

Dimensions

Dimension Description

Framed Size

Height

60 in

Width

36 in

Relationships

Related Publications

Notes

German Academic Painters in Wisconsin: [Exhibition] West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts, August 2nd-27th, 1989 (West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts, 1989), Call Number: 759.175 G373.

Provenance

Notes

According to Bill DeLind, the painting "was commissioned by the Great Northern Railway to advertise the scenery along their route from Chicago to Seattle." See documentation attached to appraisal record at "DeLind 2016."

Exhibitions

Notes

“German Academic Painters in Wisconsin,” West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts (Museum of Wisconsin Art), West Bend, WI, August 1989. “John Fery: A Retrospective,” Central Library Display Balcony, Milwaukee Public Library, Milwaukee, WI, October 24-November 24, 1974 (“first known retrospective exhibit of Fery’s work”).

Research Notes

Notes

The title reported for this painting, "Rome Glacier," does not seem to match the reported provenance information. Although Fery is known as a painter of the American West, especially Glacier National Park, and this painting was apparently "commissioned by the Great Northern Railway to advertise the scenery along their route from Chicago to Seattle," the only reference that could be located to a "Rome Glacier" (the reported title of the painting) was in the Swiss Alps. Larry Len Peterson's "John Fery: Artist of Glacier National Park" says that "Fery was smitten early on with painting the Alps."