Janet Fish

American · 1938–2025 · Painter, Printmaker

Janet Isobel Fish was an American contemporary realist artist. Through oil painting, lithography, and screenprinting, she explored the interaction of light with everyday… (Wikipedia)

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  1. Janet Fish, Painted Flowers - April, 1975, oil on canvasPainted Flowers - AprilBonhams · $660,900≈ £492,474≈ €569,790Sign up to see
  2. Janet Fish, Still Life, PaintingStill LifePalm Beach Modern Auctions · $75,000≈ £57,969≈ €63,586Sign up to see
  3. Janet Fish, Nasturtiums and Plums, 1980, oil on canvasNasturtiums and PlumsRago Auctions · $74,240≈ £54,952≈ €63,442Sign up to see

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Janet Isobel Fish was an American contemporary realist artist. Through oil painting, lithography, and screenprinting, she explored the interaction of light with everyday objects in the still life genre. Many of her paintings include elements of transparency, reflected light, and multiple overlapping patterns depicted in bold, high color values. She has been credited with revitalizing the still life genre.

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Born 1938, BostonDied 2025, Middletown SpringsOccupation Painter, Printmaker, DraughtsmanWikidata Q6153341 ↗ULAN 500030854 ↗

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Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)

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realism

Also known as Janet I. Fish

Artist record compiled from: Wikidata (CC0), Getty ULAN (ODC-By), National Gallery of Art open data (CC0), Art Institute of Chicago API (CC0), The Met Open Access (CC0), MoMA collection data (CC0). See data sources & attribution.

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