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Three Fishermen
Three Fishermen
Three Fishermen
(American, 1882 - 1945)

Three Fishermen

Oil on canvas
ca. 1934
42 1/4 × 52 1/4 in. (107.3 × 132.7 cm)
96.1.39
Bequest of Carolyn Wyeth, 1996
Not on view
N. C. Wyeth’s painting of three fisherman set against the backdrop of the sea has been compared to the Maine work of both Rockwell Kent (1882-1971) and Marsden Hartley (1877-1943). The broad and solid masses of the fishermen themselves, with their feet planted firmly on the dock, lend an air of monumentality to the figures. Their triangular forms rise up against their environment, culminating in their heads, which Wyeth placed directly on the horizon. This composition of Three Fishermen stayed with Wyeth, who painted another version of it in 1938, with only minor changes.