This ongoing raisonne project seeks to catalogue the printed works of Gertrude Fiske and place them alongside her painted works. Fiske was connected not only to Charles Woodbury's Ogunquit, ME school, but also the early 20th century Boston art scene and is thus an interesting figure to study.
        Unfortunately many of Fiske's etchings lack inscribed titles or dates and thus only through exhibition research have I been able to determine the approximate dating or potential titles for some of the etchings. Despite my best efforts to identify further prints that are not in the possession of Childs Gallery to include in this raisonne, the identification process remains incompletely in many cases. While the titles of a number of Fiske's etchings have been identified through exhibition records, they cannot be definitively matched to a specific etching.
        Fiske exhibited two prints titled "Birches" and "Young Birches" in 1917 at the Chicago Society of Etchers, as well as "Spring" and "Navy Yard" at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1918 and a print titled "Birches" in 1922 at the Third International Print Makers Exhibition at the Los Angeles Museum Exposition Park. Etchings included in this raisonne may be the same prints exhibited by Fiske, or they may pertain to prints so far missing from the project. Fiske also exhibited her etchings with the Boston Society of Etchers in 1917 as well as at the Concord, MA Art Exhibition in 1916. Information pertaining to Fiske's involvement in the Boston Society of Etchers, as well as information on the society itself has been difficult to uncover.
        A number of Fiske's etchings, particularly of coastal subjects bear a strong resemblance to etchings by Charles Woodbury of the same subjects. Woodbury served as Fiske's teacher at the Ogunquit School, but also as a companion later in life, suggesting a further investigation of the connection between their printmaking techniques and artistic styles. Some questions of attribution to either Fiske or Woodbury may arise, since many by both artists are marked only by the Gertrude Fiske estate stamp and are lacking an artist's signature.
        This raisonne is in progress. Please email info@raisonne.org with questions or comments about this raisonne, as well as any information concerning the titles or dates of any Fiske print. Any help would be appreciated.

Edited and compiled by:
Zachary Dorner