Red Lake Fishermen · Minnesota Museum of American Art

Artist
Patrick DesJarlait
1921-1972
Born in Red Lake, MN
Title Red Lake Fishermen
Date 1946
Gorgeous colors and dramatic cubist style:
Two Red Lake Fishermen, wearing hats, gloves, boots, aprons, are in a row boat sized wood boat. We see them fairly close up - only seeing half the boat. One man has one hand on the oar and watching the water and haul closely. The other man, with the gloves, is hauling the fish into the boat, single file in the net. A small catch - maybe 25 fish are at his feet. Waves of the lake fill in the upper background.