Maritime Paintings by Anton Otto Fischer

Anton Otto Fischer, famous for his paintings of the sea and ships, studied under Howard Pyle in Wilmington, Delaware. He was also an artist for the U.S. Coast during World War II. Previous post on Fischer with his illustrations for Moby Dick.




Submarine Emerging from the Deep, 1941.




Ships Passing in the Night, n.d.




War Ships, n.d.




Life Boat at Sea, 1941.




Coming Ashore, 1929.




Shark Hunting, 1939.


See Fischer's illustrations for Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea here at Golden Age Comic Book Stories.

See some more of his work is here.

Thursday Odds and Ends

Betty Page illustration by Gray Morrow, n.d.





Mystery in Space #75, May 1962. Cover art by Murphy Anderson and Carmine Infantino.




Our Army at War #116, March 1962. Cover art by Joe Kubert.




"Saloon Shootout" by Anton Otto Fischer, 1919.






Star Born by Andre Norton, 1970. Art by Dean Ellis.

Anton Otto Fischer: Maritime Artist

Anton Otto Fischer was born in Munich, Germany on February 23, 1882. Orphaned at an early age he ran away to sea. He worked for a time as an assistant to artist A.B. Frost. This experience inspired Fischer to take up the study of art at the Academie Julianne in Paris in 1906. In 1908 Fischer moved to Wilmington Delaware to study under Howard Pyle. By 1910, he had a promising career illustrating stories by Jack London. Fischer produced thousands of illustrations over his career in all types of subjects but he is best known for his paintings of maritime scenes. He served as an official war artist for the United States Coast Guard in World War II. He continued to work into the 1950's. Anton Otto Fischer died on March 26, 1962.

Below are Fischer's illustration for Herman Melville's epic novel, Moby Dick. This edition was published by the John C. Winston Co. in 1931.