Owen Gromme Canada Goose

Owen Gromme (1896-1991) Fond du Lac, WI, 1945 Crafted out of amazingly durable papier-mâché, Gromme utilized the same body pattern for this rig and then created different head positions to give the group a more realistic appearance. He cast his decoys solely for his own use in the field. At the time this decoy was made, (1944-1945), Gromme was the Curator of Birds and Mammals at the Milwaukee Public Museum. He remained with the museum for forty-three years. A fine painter as well as carver, Gromme is considered one of Wisconsin’s greatest sporting artists of all time. Signed on the bottom “O.J. Gromme 1944-45”. Original paint with light even gunning wear.

Provenance: Private Collection, Midwest

Literature: Joe Engers, ed., "Museum-Style Master Owen Gromme: A Dedicated Champion of Wildlife," "Decoy Magazine," Lewes, DE, November/December 2001, pp. 8-11.

Provenance

Private Collection, Midwest