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John Fery

John Fery (1859 - 1934) was active/lived in Minnesota, Wisconsin, Montana / Hungary.  John Fery is known for Western panoramic landscape painting, cycloramas, promotional painting.

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The following biography is submitted and written by Larry Len Peterson, author of John Fery: Artist of Glacier National Park & The American West

 
Johann Nepomuk Levy--John Fery's name before he Americanized it--was born in Strasswalchen, Austria on March 25, 1859 to Hungarians Jahn and Mary Levy. Jahn was temporarily working for the railroad but soon returned to his wife's prosperous family farm near Pressburg, Hungary. Johann's idyllic childhood filled with painting, hunting, and hiking came to an end in his teenage years when both parents died unexpectedly. An inheritance allowed him to attend the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts where he studied many art styles including Realism, Romanticism, and Impressionism. Further formal training was obtained at the prestigious Munich Royal Academy of Fine Arts and the Dusseldorf Academy.  

As did many other European artists, Johann immigrated to the United States to seek the opportunities that the "Amer   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 19619 characters.]  Artist bio

Artist auction records

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Research resources

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Facts about John Fery

   Publications  Book References:  34
Magazine References:  4

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4 Miscellaneous Magazine References for John Fery
Magazine Article Date Author Color
Southwest Art Coast to Coast: July 2002 Editors, Southwest Art Yes
Wildlife Art From Tumberline to Tide Pool May 2001 Brown, Joan Yes
Southwest Art Best of the West January 1998 Adams, Cristina Yes
Art of the West What's News January 1998 Editors, Art of the West Yes
34 Book References for John Fery
Year Author Title Pages Color
2021 Peterson, Dr. Larry Len The American West Reimagined: Gems from the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction 528 Yes
2019 Peterson, Larry Len Blackfeet John L. "Cutapuis" Clarke and the Silent Call of Glacier National Park: America's Wood Sculptor 440 Yes
2015 Peterson, Dr. Larry Len John Fery: Artist of Glacier National Park & The American West 288 Yes
2009 Harris, Adam Duncan Wildlife in American Art: Masterworks from the National Museum of Wildlife Art 262 Yes
2008 Hassrick, Peter; L. Hafen, D. Reeder, L Courtright A Century of Sanctuary: The Art of Zion National Park
(Exhibition catalog)
131 Yes
2007 Scriver, Mary Strachan Bronze Inside and Out: A Biographical Memoir of Bob Scriver 368 No
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2004 Levy, Hannah Heidi Famous Wisconsin Artists and Architects 316 No
2002 Hassrick, Peter H Drawn to Yellowstone: Artists in America's First National Park 248 Yes
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
2002 Peterson, Larry Len The Call of the Mountains The Artists of Glacier National Park 144 Yes
2001 Swanson, Vern; Robert S. Oppin; Donna L. Poulton; and Janie L. Rogers Utah Art, Utah Artists: 150 Years Survey 192 Yes
2001 Vern G. Swanson, Robert S. Olpin, Donna L. Poulton, and Janie L. Rogers 150 Year Survey: Utah Art and Artists 160 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1997 Hedgpeth, Don Mountain Majesty: The Art of John Fery 32 Yes
1997 Merrill, Peter C German-American Artists in Early Milwaukee: A Biographyical Dictionary 165 No
1997 Southwest Art Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art 128 No
1996 Editors, West Bend Art Museum Collecting the Art of Wisconsin: The Early Years
(Exhibition catalog)
5 No
1993 Southwest Art The Red Book Western American Price Index 126 No
1991 Swanson, Vern; Robert Olpin, William Seifrit Utah Art 252 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The Far Midwest, Rocky Mountain West, Southwest, Pacific Volume Three 396 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two) 396 Yes
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Schwarz-Philadelphia A Century of American Landscapes 1812-1912
(Exhibition catalog)
30 Yes
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1983 Sweeney, J Gray Great Lakes Marine Painting of the Nineteenth Century
(Exhibition catalog)
104 Yes
1982 Walton, Anne Thorson The Burlington Northern Collection 61 Yes
1976 Editors, Minnesota Museum of Art Iron Horse West: A Bicentennial Exhibition of Painting and Sculpture selected from a Collection acquired by Burlington Northern over the Past Century.
(Exhibition catalog)
64 Yes
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1965 Haseltine, James L 100 Years of Utah Painting Selected Works from the1840s to the 1940s
(Exhibition catalog)
62 Yes
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