Ed Zern
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Object Details
- Artist
- Richard Grossenbach, 1920 - 2003
- Sitter
- Ed Zern, 13 Dec 1910 - 25 Mar 1994
- Exhibition Label
- Born in Farmington, West Virginia
- Outdoorsman Ed Zern was best known for his amusing and often irreverent column "Exit Laughing," which appeared in Field & Stream magazine for more than thirty years, beginning in 1958. Zern’s fabulous "fish stories" and fantasies of the ever-elusive sportsmen’s paradise won him a large and enthusiastic following. A former graphic artist for a New York City advertising agency, Zern illustrated his own column, and his seven books, including the popular How to Tell Fish from Fishermen (1945) and Hunting and Fishing from A to Zern (1985). He was a member of many sportsmen’s organizations, including the Boone and Crockett Club, a wildlife conservation organization co-founded by Theodore Roosevelt. Zern was an avid conservationist and in 1954 established what became known as the Chevron-Times Mirror Magazines Conservation Award.
- Nacido en Farmington, Virginia Occidental
- Ed Zern, gran amante de la naturaleza, se dio a conocer con una divertida columna, a menudo irreverente, titulada "Exit Laughing" (Salir riendo) y publicada en la revista Field & Stream por más de 30 años desde 1958. Sus fabulosas anécdotas, salpicadas de exageraciones, sobre el elusivo paraíso de los aficionados a la pesca le ganaron un público nutrido y entusiasta. Habiendo sido artista gráfico en una agencia publicitaria de la ciudad de Nueva York, Zern ilustró su columna y sus siete libros, entre ellos el popular Cómo diferenciar los peces de los pescadores (1945) y Caza y pesca de A a Zern (1985). Perteneció a numerosas organizaciones del deporte, incluido el Club Boone and Crockett, dedicado a la conservación de la vida silvestre y cofundado por Theodore Roosevelt. Zern fue un ávido conservacionista y en 1954 creó el que se conoció como Premio de Conservación de las Revistas Chevron/Times Mirror.
- Provenance
- Commissioned by the Theodore Gordon Flyfishers Club, New York; returned to sitter. (James Cummins Bookseller, New York); purchased 1995 NPG
- Credit Line
- National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- 1969
- Object number
- NPG.95.9
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Stretcher: 55.9 x 45.7 x 2.5cm (22 x 18 x 1")
- Frame: 72.4 x 62.5 x 6.7cm (28 1/2 x 24 5/8 x 2 5/8")
- Place
- United States\New York\Kings\New York
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- National Portrait Gallery Collection
- Location
- Currently not on view
- National Portrait Gallery
- Topic
- Costume\Dress Accessory\Eyeglasses
- Exterior\Mountains
- Equipment\Sports Equipment\Fishing Pole
- Nature & Environment\Water\River
- Nature & Environment\Plant\Tree\Forest
- Ed Zern: Male
- Ed Zern: Visual Arts\Artist\Illustrator
- Ed Zern: Journalism and Media\Journalist\Columnist
- Ed Zern: Sports and Recreation\Outdoorsman
- Portrait
- Record ID
- npg_NPG.95.9
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/sm46235f6ca-31e4-4172-927a-3832cfbc4126
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