John Fery

Landscape with Fallow Deers, by John Fery.

John Fery (1859–1934) was an Austrian-born painter who painted in the American west. He was a painter of outdoor scenes, whose largest customer was the Great Northern Railway. His paintings were hung in train stations and other places, promoting travel, particularly to Glacier National Park.[1] "Painting the Wilderness: John Fery and Contemporaries", exhibit through Sept. 15, 2014 at the Wildling Art Museum, 1511-B Mission Dr., Solvang, California. www.wildlingmuseum.org[2]

References

  1. ↑ "John Fery, Artist of the Rockies", by Peter C. Merrill. First published in Annals of Wyoming: The Wyoming History Journal, [1994, 66:1&2:2, 75] PO Box 4256, University Station, Laramie, WY 82071. Later published in Sommer, Mattox, McDonald and Müller (ed.), German American Painters in Wisconsin: Fifteen Biographical Essays [Stuttgart: Academic Publishing House, 1997]. Reprinted and available on-line by permission of the author.
  2. ↑ Santa Barbara News Press, Scene Magazine, June 27 - July 3, 2014, review by Josef Woodard