Franklin Riehlman
Early 20th Century American and British Modern
 

JOHN ATHERTON
Fisherman's Paradise
Oil on canvas, 24 x 30 inches
Signed and dated at lower right:
Atherton 1941
RECORDED
Carlyle Burrows, “Notes and Comment on Events in Art” in New York Herald Tribune (March 8, 1942, Vol. CI, no. 34.811, section VI, p. 8), “The best to begin with, no doubt, is “Fisherman’s Paradise,” a small tour de force in meticulous still life—composed of trout flies, birch bark, pine boards and other related objects—which Atherton has painted with fascinating charm.”
EXHIBITED
Julien Levy Gallery, New York, 1942, Paintings by John Atherton, no. 12
Bennington Museum, Vermont, 2007, Artists in Vermont, nn
EX COLLECTION
Private collection, Greenwich, Connecticut, until 2001