| The American Cod Fishing Schooner "Louise," (1931) Shipboard Watercolor Series by Otis Oldfield (1890-1969) - Exhibition Page 1 |
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| "Full Sails," 18 x 10 |
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| "Whales," 17 x 12.75 |
| Exhibited: (Selected or Entire Series) Galerie des Beaux Arts, San Francisco, 11-1931; Galerie des Beaux Arts, San Francisco, 11-1932; Newhouse Galleries, St. Louis, 3-1933; Brooks Memorial Gallery, Memphis, 3-1933; Utah State University, Logan, 7-1934; Art Center, San Francisco, 8-1934; State Men's Club, Sacramento, 6-1935; Art Barn Galleries, Salt Lake City, 12-1938; Kreimer's Gallery, Cincinnati, 4-1939; Landmarks Society, Tiburon, 3-1989. NOTE: Some of the "Louise" Series featured in the San Francisco Chronicle's "This World," 11/28/37, Page 12. |
| "All Hands," 24 x 18.5 |
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| "The Jibs," 17.5 x 9.5 |
| "Mainsail Peak," 17.25 x 8.25 |
| "Few people realize that primitive voyages in large wooden schooners were being carried out as commercially feasible ventures from San Francisco Bay to Alaska as late as the 1930s. The last of these voyages, by the Louise, took place only two years before the opening of the Golden Gate Bridge. Near the end of this era, an unusual chronicle was made while she was under canvas between Belvedere island to Richardson's Bay and the Bering Sea. On March 28, 1931, Otis Oldfield was delivered by tug aboard the Louise as "supercargo" for her annual traverse to Alaska where she was employed in the codfishing trade. His wife handed him over to the captain with the admonition that he see to it Otis made at least 100 drawings. The trip took over a month, and provided rich subject matter for his pictures and for the journal into which he poured his daily impressions and recorded the activities on shipboard. Magnificent watercolors, combined with vivid language to form one of the most authentic and accurate accounts of the life of a working ocean-going vessel under sail in modern times." Comments from the book: A Pictorial Journey of a Voyage, from San Francisco Bay to Dutch Harbor, Alaska, GRABHORN-HOYEM, Publishers 566 Commercial Street, San Francisco, CA, 94111, Published, 1969. |
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