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Herb
Fichter
1920-1995
Herb
Fichter was born in Jamaica, Long Island, New York. As Master Engraver
he was considered one of the finest living practitioners in his art form.
As of 1994 he was one of only fifteen of the world's rarest artisans on
the North American continent. More »
Note: These are the last of Herb Fichter's work
available and are extremly rare. Any reflective glare or distortions
of the image
are caused by the glazing on the frames and is not indicative of a defect
in the
artwork.
Available Artwork
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Wotan
by Herb Fichter
20" x 24"
Oil on canvas
Undated but thought to
be post-WWII forties or fifties. From the opera “Valkyries.”
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Dance
Macabre
by Herb Fichter
18" x 24"
Oil on canvas, framed
Dated 1944. This piece
shows some damage.
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Shangri
La
by Herb Fichter
30" x 40"
Oil on canvas, unframed
Dated May 1974.
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Resurrection
by Herb Fichter
20" x 18"
Oil on canvas
Herb's last work. It is
not dated but was completed in the mid nineties.
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Night
Train
by Herb Fichter
16" x 20"
Oil on canvas
Undated but believed to
be fifties or sixties.
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1938
by Herb Fichter
21" x 20"
Gouache on board
Herb's first commercial art piece, dated
1938, penciled on back is game by game scores declaring the Yankees
champions for the 4th year in a row.
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Power
at Rest
by Herb Fichter
10" x 14"
Watercolor
Dated October 1946 and packaged with original label
from Newport, RI exhibit.
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The
GI's Friend
"Huey"
by Herb Fichter
20" x 16" framed
50 of 500
With the Vietnam Veterans National Medal.
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Navy
One, Japan Zero
"Hellcat and Zero"
by Herb Fichter
23" x 18" framed
149 of 400
With US patch and medal.
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The
Savior of Bataan "Spitfire"
by Herb Fichter
20" x 16" framed
49 of 500
With RAF patch and medal.
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Iwo
Jima
by Herb Fichter
23" x 18" framed
Final Color and Proof.
With the US Marine Corps Bicentennial 1975 medal
and 4th Marine patch.
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Iwo
Jima
by Herb Fichter
18.5" x 23" framed
Final Color and Proof.
Commission for the International Plate Printers,
Die Stampers and Engravers Guild of North America, 1946.
With Purple Heart medal.
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John
Wayne "American"
by Herb Fichter
13" x 16" framed
Artist Proof
Engraving with Medal
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Oh
Say Can You See
by Herb Fichter
13" x 23" framed
Artist Proof 1 of 6
With engraved plate. Extremely rare.
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Silent
Observer
by Herb Fichter
19" x 15" framed
44 of 100
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Great
Train Robbery
by Herb Fichter
Miniature
Engraving
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Forest
Murmurs
by Herb Fichter
Minature
Engraving
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Birds
of a Feather
by Herb Fichter
Engraving
of B-24s
9" x 10"
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Herb
received a scholarship to New York School of Fine and Applied Arts, Parsons,
NY, attended Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY, and Corcoran School of Art,
Washington, D.C.
His
ten-year apprenticeship with the U. S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
to become a bank note engraver began in June 1941. Interrupted by WWII,
Herb enlisted in the U.S. Army, and served 3 1/2 years including 294 days
in combat under General Patton. He received five battle stars and the
Medal of Verdun.
He resumed his apprenticeship with the Bureau of Engraving and Printing
in December 1945. Later moving to the private sector with Jeffries Bank-Note
of Los Angeles in 1962, he became Chief Engraver.
Although
Herb won many awards during his career, one of his greatest honors was
that of invitation in 1951 to exhibit his engravings in a One Man Show
at the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, D. C. Later that year two
pieces of Herb's work were placed in the permanent collection of the Library
of Congress. Other permanent collections are in the Kennedy Memorial Library,
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Mercantile Money Museum, and the American Print
Collection.
Herb
is best known for his engravings of vintage airplanes, trains, historical
vignettes, and portraiture.
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