{"product_id":"the-bass-season-by-john-atherton","title":"The Bass Season by John Atherton","description":"John Atherton\u003cbr\u003e 1900-1952 | American \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eThe Bass Season\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Signed \"Atherton\" (lower right)\u003cbr\u003e Inscribed \"The Bass Season opens in the east July 1st \/ out west earlier\" (en verso)\u003cbr\u003e Oil on canvas \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The art of fishing is celebrated in this exceptional oil on canvas by the great American painter John Atherton. Atherton's cover illustrations for the \u003cem\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/em\u003e were each a resounding success with the American public, who were engrossed by his highly detailed still lifes of distinctly American pastimes. This fishing still life graced the June 29, 1946 edition of the \u003cem\u003ePost\u003c\/em\u003e, and it is a stunning celebration of the time-honored essence of the sport.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e An avid fisherman himself, Atherton did not have to go far for inspiration. The various flies and lures in the scene are painstakingly rendered, and they very well may have been his own. He would later write an influential book on the subject of fly-fishing, entitled \u003cem\u003eThe Fly and the Fish\u003c\/em\u003e, which was published in 1951 and is still read to this day. His appreciation for the sport is keenly felt in this carefully designed composition, from the dangling flies to the bucolic lake in the distance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Atherton would later become known as a significant figure in the Magic Realism movement, an American take on the Surrealists. His initial success, however, came from his commercial illustration work for popular publications such as \u003cem\u003eFortune\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eSaturday Evening Post\u003c\/em\u003e. Throughout the 1940s, he was a frequent exhibitor at most of the major American art institutions, including the Art Institute of Chicago, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. His first cover for the \u003cem\u003ePost\u003c\/em\u003e was created in 1942, and he continued to create covers with some regularity until 1961. Today, his works can be seen in the Smithsonian American Art Museum (Washington D.C.), Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), and the Art Institute of Chicago, among many others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Painted in 1946 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Canvas: 28\" high x 20 1\/4\" wide\u003cbr\u003e Frame: 33 7\/8\" high x 27 1\/2\" wide","brand":"M.S. Rau","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51803568996674,"sku":null,"price":138500.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0982\/5376\/6978\/files\/30-8602_1_019410f7-7860-48a9-b2ac-84720f1b1ed4.png?v=1768103040","url":"https:\/\/www.bullvendors19.com\/es\/products\/the-bass-season-by-john-atherton","provider":"Bull Vendors 19","version":"1.0","type":"link"}