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| birth_name = Ernest Fiene

| birth_date = November 2, 1894

| birth_place = [[Elberfeld]], [[German Empire]]

| death_date = August 10, 1965

| death_place = [[Paris]], [[France]]

| field known_for = [[Printmaker]]

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'''Ernest Fiene''' (November 2, 1894–August1894 – August 10, 1965) was a 20th-century American graphic artist who primarily worked in New York City and [[Woodstock, New York]]. Fiene was known primarily for his varied printed works, including lithographs and etchings. His notable work includes cityscapes, views of New York City in particular, landscapes and other figural art.

[[File:Mural-_"Winter_Roundup,"_by_Ernest_Fiene_at_the_Department_of_Interior,_Washington,_D.C_LCCN2013634331.tif|link=File:Mural-_%22Winter_Roundup,%22_by_Ernest_Fiene_at_the_Department_of_Interior,_Washington,_D.C_LCCN2013634331.tif|alt=|thumb|""Winter Roundup"," by Ernest Fiene at the Department of Interior, Washington, D.C, 1938.]]

Ernest Fiene was born in Germany in [[Elberfeld]], [[Germany]] on November 2, 1894 to Henry and Maria Fiene.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.caldwellgallery.com/biosartists/fiene_biography.htmlernest-fiene/biography|title=Ernest Fiene {{!}} Biography {{!}} The Caldwell Gallery|last=Brand-Fisher|first=Sonia|date=|website=www.caldwellgallery.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref> He fledleft Germany in 1912 to avoid military service in what would become [[World War I]]. Traveling first to the Netherlands, he continued on to the United States.<ref>[http://www.catrais.org/FieneCatalogue/Pages%20Misc/Chronology.html The Prints of Ernest Fiene: A Catalogue Raisonné-chronology of the artist's life<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

From 1914 to 19141918 he studied at the [[National Academy of Design]] in New York City, and from 1916 to 1918 at the [[Beaux-Arts Institute of Design|Beaux Arts Institute]]. In 1923, Fiene continued his study of printmaking at the [[Art Students League of New York]]. In 1921 he married Jeannette Etarre.<ref name=":1" /> In 1923, he had his first solo show at the [[Whitney Museum of American Art|Whitney Studio Club]].<ref name=":0" /> The show was successful, and he secured an art dealer. His work was decidedly modern, depicting modern life and industry through color and shape through [[precisionism]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/art-architecture/2016/12/24/A-cold-steel-history-rendered-in-oil/stories/201612240003|title=A cold steel history rendered in oil|website=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette|language=en|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref>

From 1928 to 1929 Fiene studied in Paris and traveled in France.<ref name=":1" /> In 1932, he was awarded a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]] which allowed him to study mural painting in Italy.<ref name=":0" /> His work was sold as [[Lithography|lithographs]] through the [[Associated American Artists]]' (AAA) mail-order catalogs for $5 each.<ref name=":2" /> Through his association with AAA, Fiene was hired in 1940, along with eight other prominent American artists, to document dramatic scenes and characters during the production of the film ''[[The Long Voyage Home]]'', a cinematic adaptation of [[Eugene O'Neill Jr.|Eugene O'Neill's]] plays.<ref name=":1">[{{Cite web |url=http://thenedscottarchive.com/hollywood/films/the-long-voyage-home.html |title="Cover Article, American Artist Magazine, September, 1940, pp. 4-14"] |access-date=2013-12-18 |archive-date=2019-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524020022/https://www.thenedscottarchive.com/hollywood/films/the-long-voyage-home.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=":2" /> His work was part of the [[Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics#Painting|painting event]] in the [[Art competitions at the 1932 Summer Olympics|art competition]] at the [[1932 Summer Olympics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/921500 |title=Ernest Fiene |work=Olympedia |accessdate=2 August 2020}}</ref>

In 1945 he divorced his first wife and married [[Alicia Wiencek Fiene|Alicia Wiencek]] (1918–1961) on August 13, 1945, who was one of his students at the Arts Students League.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yff7WOyNRy8C&pg=PA113|title=New Deal Art in North Carolina: The Murals, Sculptures, Reliefs, Paintings, Oils and Frescoes and Their Creators|last=Davis|first=Anita Price|date=2008-10-16|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786437795|language=en}}</ref> Fiene re-established his relationship with the Art Students League in 1948, returning to teach classes in painting and drawing there. In 1948, he was elected into the [[National Academy of Design]] as an Associate member, and became a full Academician in 1952. In the 1950s he also served on the faculty of the [[Famous Artists School]] in [[Westport, Connecticut]].

* [http://thenedscottarchive.com/hollywood/films/the-long-voyage-home.html#painters ''The Long Voyage Home'' Artist Portraits and Paintings] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524020022/https://www.thenedscottarchive.com/hollywood/films/the-long-voyage-home.html#painters |date=2019-05-24 }} at [[The Ned Scott Archive]]