Alvan Fisher | Smithsonian American Art Museum

Name

Alvan Fisher

Born

Needham, Massachusetts

Died

Dedham, Massachusetts

born Needham, MA 1792-died Dedham, MA 1863

Active in

Boston, Massachusetts

Nationalities

American

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Works by This Artist (5 items)

Media - 1967.85 - SAAM-1967.85_1 - 67396

A General View of the Falls of Niagara

Alvan Fisher

1820

oil on canvas

Media - 1966.82.1 - SAAM-1966.82.1_1 - 2413

The Great Horseshoe Fall, Niagara

Alvan Fisher

1820

oil on canvas

Media - 1966.82.3 - SAAM-1966.82.3_1-000001 - 137228

General View Taken from Benders Ladder

Alvan Fisher

1820

media undetermined

Media - 1966.82.2 - SAAM-1966.82.2_1-000001 - 137227

The Great Horse-Shoe or Canada Fall

Alvan Fisher

1820

ink and sepia wash

Media - 1966.82.4 - SAAM-1966.82.4_1-000001 - 137229

Letter to Mr. D.A. White from the Artist

Alvan Fisher

1820

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Media - 1985.8.18 - SAAM-1985.8.18_1 - 8119

San Fernando Mountains

Milford Zornes

1936

watercolor on paper

Media - 1992.43.13 - SAAM-1992.43.13_2 - 135843

Cake Window, from the book Delights

Wayne Thiebaud

1964/published 1965

etching on paper

Media - 1994.50 - SAAM-1994.50_1 - 48707

Awakening

Charles Seliger

1988

etching on paper

Media - 2010.24 - SAAM-2010.24_1 - 73859

Elixir II

Marina Zurkow

2009

continuous digital animation, color, silent; 5:00 minutes