Poster 5, Oscar Peterson Walleye Fish Decoy

Size of poster is 24" x 28" Oscar Peterson Rainbow Trout Fish Decoy Oscar Peterson / Rainbow Trout Decoy Painted wood with attached metal fins and carved, painted eyes. Length 12" c.1930's Born of Swedish parents in 1894, Oscar Peterson was an outdoorsman who spent his youth hunting and fishing in the lower Michigan Peninsula. He eventually settled in Cadillac, Michigan and was active as a wilderness guide in the area all his life. Peterson's involvement with decoys began as a child and continued his entire life. He spent nearly fifty years carving and painting with a fluency, industry and imagination unique to the art form. Peterson's distinctive paint style and wonderfully whimsical approach to decoy carving have distinguished him as the preeminent creator of American Ice Fishing decoys. Widely copied and counterfeited, his works, such as the one illustrated in this poster, have been among the most valuable and highly sought-after of all American Folk Art objects. A man of powe