DescriptionEdgar A. Rupprecht, "Fishing Boat Baldhead", 1931 - Watercolor 12"x10" Rupprecht, a protege of Fursman, taught at Ox-Bow after 1929. We see Fursman's influence in the way Rupprecht handles the "rippling" of the river water. In the 1930s, fishing shacks were still common along the Saugatuck waterfront. These shanties were a common subject for the OxBow painters. Back of canvas: "In searching for paintings for the exhibit I visited Love Gallery in Chicago which had quite a number of Rupprechts available, including one of the downtown Saugatuck village square, but it was way out of our price range. They did, however, discover this small watercolor of what is probably the Kalamazoo River near the mouth of Moore's Creek with Baldhead in the background. It is unsigned but was with the collection and even Betsy Rupprecht seemed comfortabe with it being one of her father's works. He taught a class in color, and this painting shows an unusual use of color, one more thing in its favor. The people at the gallery gave me a real break - under $200, as I recall - and I paid it then solicited donations and there were a couple. Bod Johnson is the one I remember, but I think there was one other so I suppose the society really does own it. It is on the Society inventory. - Kit Lane, November, 2008"