Artist

Ernest Fiene

born Elberfeld, Germany 1894-died Paris, France 1965
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Ernest Fiene at work on Harmony and Achievement at the High School of Needle Trades, New York, 1939, © Peter A. Juley & Son Collection, Smithsonian American Art Museum J0069275
Born
Elberfeld, Germany
Died
Paris, France
Active in
  • New York, New York, United States
Biography

painter. He was an extremely versatile artist who worked in several mediums and whose subject matter included landscapes, portraits and the American experience in industry and labor. His 2000-square-foot fresco mural, creat for New York's High School of Needle Trades, contains over 200 figures.

Joan Stahl American Artists in Photographic Portraits from the Peter A. Juley & Son Collection (Washington, D.C. and Mineola, New York: National Museum of American Art and Dover Publications, Inc., 1995)

Works by this artist (11 items)

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Ernest Fiene, Notre Dame, 1929, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Edith Gregor Halpert, 1966.13
Notre Dame
Artist
Date1929
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Ernest Fiene, Notre Dame, 1929, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Baum in memory of Edith Gregor Halpert, 1971.320
Notre Dame
Artist
Date1929
lithograph on paper
Not on view
Ernest Fiene, Razing the Old New York Post Office, 1939, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Henry Ward Ranger through the National Academy of Design, 1978.157
Razing the Old New York Post Office
Artist
Date1939
oil on canvas
Not on view
Ernest Fiene, Central Park, n.d., drypoint on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase, 1973.61
Central Park
Artist
Daten.d.
drypoint on paper
Not on view