Artist

Ross Allen, Sr.

born Fifield, WI 1915-died 1993
Media - portrait_image_113739.jpg - 89874
Courtesy Art Kimball.
Also known as
  • Rosewell Gabriel "Ross" Sr.
Born
Fifield, Wisconsin, United States
Active in
  • Lac du Flambeau, Wisconsin, United States
Biography

This fish decoy was probably carved by Ross Allen Sr. of the Lac du Flambeau Ojibwa Nation in Wisconsin. He gave his decoys glass eyes, and sometimes tinted them with a red-orange varnish to attract larger fish (Kimball, The Fish Decoy, vol. I, 1986). Allen also taught his son, "Little Ross" Allen Jr., to carve decoys used for ice fishing during the cold winters in Wisconsin (Art and Brad Kimball, Fish Decoys of the Lac du Flambeau Ojibway, 1988).

Works by this artist (6 items)

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George Biddle, San Jose de la Mata, Santo Domingo, 1927, watercolor on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ronald and Anne Abramson, 1991.14.7
San Jose de la Mata, Santo Domingo
Artist
Date1927
watercolor on paper
Not on view
George Biddle, Tenement (mural study, Department of Justice Building, Washington, D. C.), 1935, tempera on fiberboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from the General Services Administration, 1974.28.302
Tenement (mural study, Department of Justice Building,…
Artist
Date1935
tempera on fiberboard
Not on view
George Biddle, Adam and Eve, 1926, lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Ronald and Anne Abramson, 1991.14.13
Adam and Eve
Artist
Date1926
lithograph on paper
Not on view
George Biddle, Michael John Biddle Sends Christmas Greetings to Olin Dows, n.d., lithograph on paper, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows, 1983.90.9
Michael John Biddle Sends Christmas Greetings to Olin Dows
Artist
Daten.d.
lithograph on paper
Not on view