• Skip to primary navigation
  • Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Key Artists
    • Rolf Armstrong
    • Mahlon Blaine
    • Henry Clive
    • Gil Elvgren
    • Cardwell Higgins
    • Earl Moran
    • Charles Gates Sheldon
    • Arthur Prince Spear
    • Bunny Yeager
  • About
  • Browse by Topic
  • Contact

Grapefruit Moon Gallery

Original Art from the Grand Age of American Illustration

  • Gallery Blog
  • Golden Gallery
  • Fine & Decorative
  • Illustration & Advertising
  • Paperback & Pulp
  • Pin-Up & Glamour
Illustration & Advertising Art

Fishin’ Fever

Artist:William Medcalf
Date:1950s
Medium:Oil on Board
Dimensions:Sight Size 22" x 27" Framed 26" X 31"
Condition:Excellent
Original Use:Original Calendar Art for Brown & Bigelow The American Road Series
Above: Oil on board
Above: The artists signature

A crisply rendered Americana themed original commissioned calendar art oil painting, created for a Brown & Bigelow series titled The American Road. Bill Medcalf was the calendar company’s star artist and alongside Norman Rockwell created the enduring and iconic Americana view of the slow paced rural life. Through the years, Medcalf continued drawing the same boy, dog, and small town doctor, aging them slowly and gracefully. Calendars from The American Road series featuring the characters are included with sale.

Above: Detail
Above: Framed view in period fine gesso period frame
Above: Similar artwork by artist published as Brown & Bigelow calendar “Fishing Fever”
Above: Norman Rockwell “The American Road” Calendar page from same series
Above: The artist at work circa 1950’s

Fishin’ Fever

Artist: William Medcalf

Filed Under: Illustration & Advertising Art, Sorry, It's Sold
Tagged With: 1950s, american, Brown & Bigelow, child, original calendar art, William Medcalf
Added to Gallery: June 30, 2007

 

Contact Grapefruit Moon Gallery



    Primary Sidebar

    Join our mailing list

    Grapefruit Moon Gallery Around the Web

    • Facebook
    • Instagram

    Copyright © 2025