Featured 19th Century Painter: Fletcher Charles Ransom (American 1870 – 1943)

  • July 05, 2021 10:31

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Fletcher Charles Ransom (American 1870 – 1943) ( aka Fletcher Ransom, Fletcher C. Ransom ): The Prize in Sight - Oil on canvas, 26 x 20 inches / Signed lower left

Fletcher Charles Ransom was born at Alamo, Michigan, the son of Kalamazoo pioneers. He studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and later at the New York Academy of Art in New York City, where he shared lodging with baseball great, Denton True “Cy” Young in Greenwich Village. An illustration artist, Ransom maintained a studio in Greenwich Village for years before moving Joliet, Illinois. Ransom’s illustrations have appeared in calendars published by Osborn Company while he was in New York City and Gerlach & Barklow, after relocating to Joliet, Illinois. He was with Collier’s Magazine during the Spanish American War in 1898. He provided illustrations for McClure’s Magazine and journalist and author David Graham Phillips. Eight years before his death, artist Fletcher Ransom moved to Plainwell, Illinois, where he annually produced a painting depicting episodes in the life of Abraham Lincoln for the Chicago and Illinois and Midland Railroad. Ransom was a member of the Society of Illustrators. This painting was painted for the 1926 Gerlach & Barklow calendar.

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Welcome to Bedford Fine Art Gallery. Located in historic Bedford, Pennsylvania, the gallery offers a wide variety of works from some of the greatest and most well-known 19th century artists, early 20th century artists, and contemporary realism artists. You can see all of our available 19th century artwork on our Gallery page. Our current inventory boasts a wide diversity of subject matter from landscape, marine, still life, genre, American historical/political, sporting art, and animal themes. Our gallery features both American and European 19th century painters such as John Henry Dolph, George Hetzel, William Bromley III, and Barton Stone Hays, to name a few. To see more of our 19th century artists, please visit our Artists page. Good art is timeless and only you know what "wows" you. You know it when you see it and we hope you make that connection with a stunning painting from Bedford Fine Art Gallery. Thank you.

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