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While the title of this humorous cover art for Liberty magazine is unknown, its editors thought it was appropriate for the backstory to Stephen Ronay's art. "Yes, it happened!" they write; "It simply proves that the war reaches into all walks of life--including the wet and slithery upstream walk of the hitherto sovereign American fisherman" (54).
Noting that the incident occurred near Fort Pine, NY (modern-day Fort Drum), they briefly profile Ronay as a Hungarian immigrant who "made himself into one of America’s foremost landscape painters, the kind that holds one-man exhibitions in famous art galleries." His satirical and humorous cartoons allowed him to "let off steam"--as did fishing and saber-fencing.
A comparison to the intense drama of Ronay's The Life Boat, painted for the Federal Arts Project, suggests that his artistic work spanned a wide range of styles and moods.
Noting that the incident occurred near Fort Pine, NY (modern-day Fort Drum), they briefly profile Ronay as a Hungarian immigrant who "made himself into one of America’s foremost landscape painters, the kind that holds one-man exhibitions in famous art galleries." His satirical and humorous cartoons allowed him to "let off steam"--as did fishing and saber-fencing.
A comparison to the intense drama of Ronay's The Life Boat, painted for the Federal Arts Project, suggests that his artistic work spanned a wide range of styles and moods.
Creator
Ronay, Stephen R[obert] , 1900-1983
Publisher
Macfadden Publications
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Original Format
Magazine cover
Physical Dimensions
8.5 x 11 in.