Ogden M. Pleissner (1905-1983)Grouse Shooting in Vermont,signed "Pleissner" lower leftwatercolor, 17 1/4 by 27 1/4 in.Ogden Minton Pleissner was born in Brooklyn, New York, and studied figure painting

pleissner brooklyn museum whitney born years 1905-1983)grouse vermont,signed lower minton city attracted wife painted world metropolitan american philadelphia minneapolis force york painting primarily life service figure portraiture classified landscape states completed point academy.pleissner’s fine just studied league sketched shooting leftwatercolor in.ogden frank outdoors teen visited dude ranches wyoming mary regular guests ranch dubois wyoming.pleissner wanted painter loved united watercolors portability immediacy medium accommodated working field.pleissner’s work included thirty public collections including institute arts hangs offices pentagon west subjects range landscapes europe salmon fishing quebec style informed “a subject...it feeling conveyed form bulk space important.”provenance private collection acquired scottsdale auction dumond students growing later hunt magazine classical saying dimensionality picture april frederick boston despite fish traditions quoted sensitivity mood 2009 ogden