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Ogden Minton-Pleissner Biography
Ogden Minton Pleissner, born on April 29, 1905, in Brooklyn, New York, emerged as one of the premier American landscape painters of the twentieth century. His parents, George Bradford Pleissner, an importer of woolens from Europe, and Christine Minton Pleissner, an accomplished violinist who had studied in Germany, instilled in him a profound appreciation for the arts from an early age. This environment nurtured Pleissner's artistic talents, leading him to pursue a career that would see him favorably compared to luminaries of the Realist tradition such as Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins.
Pleissner's journey into the world of art began at the Brooklyn Friends School, followed by rigorous training at the Art Students League of New York from 1922 to 1926, where he studied under Frank DuMond. His early exposure to the western landscape during several summers spent in Wyoming left a lasting impression on him, fostering a lifelong love for the outdoors, fishing, and particularly the western landscape. This passion is evident in his extensive body of work, which includes landscapes, war art, and sporting pictures themed around fishing and hunting.
In the 1930s, Pleissner's career began to gain significant momentum. He worked mainly in oils during this period, becoming known for his Western landscapes, and images of the Maritimes and New England. His talent was recognized in 1938 when he was awarded the Second Hallgarten Prize by the National Academy of Design for his painting "South Pass City (Wyoming Ghost Town)." Pleissner's work during World War II as a commissioned captain in the United States Air Force and a war correspondent for Life magazine introduced a new dimension to his art, leading him to work in watercolors due to the inclement, damp weather of the Aleutian Islands.
After the war, Pleissner continued to travel and paint, capturing city scenes, landscapes, and sporting subjects across Europe and Wyoming. His post-war subjects also included urban life in France, Italy, and Spain, showcasing his precision and clarity in the sense of light. Pleissner's ability to select only pictorial elements that contribute to an overall composition really characterizes his work, making him a master of Realism unimpeded by sentimentality.
Pleissner married Mary Corbett in Portland, Oregon, in 1929, and after her death in 1974, he remarried Marion Gould in 1977. He spent his later years in Manchester, Vermont, where he continued to live and paint until his death on October 24, 1983, while on a trip to England.
Throughout his career, Pleissner was a tireless worker and his own harshest critic. Despite his modesty, the overwhelmingly consensual judgment among art historians and collectors is that Pleissner's classic art is timeless, growing in stature and value. His works, both in oil and watercolor, are highly regarded, with his paintings consistently commanding respectable prices at auction. In 2010, Pleissner's 1938 oil, "The Rapids," sold at auction for $345,000, setting a new record.
Pleissner's work remains in several permanent collections throughout the United States, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Brooklyn Museum, The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and The Smithsonian American Art Museum. The Shelburne Museum in Vermont also features a recreated version of the artist’s Manchester studio, allowing visitors to step into the world of Ogden Minton Pleissner and experience the depth and beauty of his art firsthand.
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