Frederick Mershimer
About The Artist
Frederick Mershimer was born in Sharon, Pennsylvania in 1958. He received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Painting from Carnegie Mellon University in 1980. After moving to New York in 1982, he further developed his talents in graphics and fine art printmaking through studies at the Parsons School of Design, Pratt Graphic Center and Manhattan Graphic Center.
Frederick Mershimer celebrates the experience of New York through his art. He creates an evocative realism that transports the viewer beyond first appearances to reveal the hidden beauty of the contemporary city. Before moving to New York, Mershimer was exclusively a figurative artist; but his attention was quickly diverted by the power and energy of the city around him. At first glance, his work can be interpreted as bold naturalism. Yet, he skillfully choreographs lighting and detail while altering perspective to draw the viewer’s attention to the essence of the piece. Mershimer’s mezzotints speak to both the grit and grandeur of the modern American city.
To translate his visions, Mershimer has chosen mezzotint, a tonal medium capable of achieving rich blacks and subtle gradations of grays. This is a painstaking technique which requires the artist to spend long hours just to prepare the ground on the copper plate before any work on the actual image can begin. This preparatory work is done using a curved serrated blade called a rocker. Although a very technical process, mezzotint allows the artist a very direct means of plate making. It is this approach to the art, along with the rich sensibility of the medium, which rewards the artist for his patience.
The success which Mershimer has achieved in capturing his images and communicating his vision has led to an ever-widening circle of recognition and respect. His mezzotints are in many private and public collections, including the Corcoran Gallery, the Cleveland Museum of Art, the Museum of the City of New York, the National Museum of American Art/Smithsonian Institution, the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Queens Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art. His works have also been acquired by the Georgetown University Art Collection, Harvard’s Fogg Museum, the Library of Congress, New York Public Library, University of Arizona and the University of New Mexico. He was the recipient of the 2007 Fellow in Printmaking/Drawing/Artist’s Books from the New York State Foundation for the Arts.
Frederick Mershimer
“Works of Man (New York Stock Exchange)”
Medium: Mezzotint
Date: 2016
Image size: 10.125 x 15.25 in.
Edition: 100
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Moonlight”
Medium: Mezzotint
Date: 2010
Image size: 18.75 x 20 in.
Edition: 90
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Above the Rush”
Medium: Mezzotint and aquatint
Date: 2003
Paper Size: 18 ½ x 23 5/8 in.
Image Size: 11 ¾ x 17 1/2 in.
Edition: 120 + 15 A.P.’s
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Edition: 120
Condition: Mint
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Across the Floor”
Medium: Mezzotint
Date: 2011
Paper Size: 18 ½ x 23 5/8 in.
Image Size: 12 x 17 15/16 in.
Edition: 120 + 20 A.P.’s
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Edition: 120
Condition: Mint
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Night Lights”
Medium: Mezzotint and aquatint
Year: 2010
Image Size: 6 7/8 x 5 1/8 in.
Edition: 120
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Riverside”
Medium: Mezzotint and aquatint
Year: 2007
Image Size: 5 11/16 x 9 3/8 in.
Edition: 120 + 15 A.P.’s.
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent.
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“The Dakota”
Medium: Mezzotint and aquatint
Year: 2006
Image Size: 9 1/2 x 6 3/8 in.
Edition: 120 + 15 A.P.’s.
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent.
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Winter Garden”
Medium: Mezzotint
Year: 2003
Sheet: 16 x 12 in.
Image: 9.375 x 6.25 in.
Edition: 120
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Description: Eighth Avenue between Berkeley place and plaza St in Park Slope.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Contemporary, cityscape, New York, MezzotintFrederick Mershimer
“Three Bridges”
Medium: Mezzotint and aquatint
Date: 2003
Paper Size: 18 x 23 5/8 in.
Image Size: 11 1/2 x 17 7/8 in.
Edition: 120 + 15 A.P.’s
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Edition: 120
Condition: Mint
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Museum Night”
Medium: Mezzotint
Year: 2008
Image Size: 9 x 11 7/8 in. Edition: 100 + 10 A.P.’s.
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent.
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Sunday Times”
Medium: Mezzotint
Date: 1990
Sheet size: 19 x 26 ½ in.
Image size: 13 3/4 x 21 3/4 in.
Edition: 90
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Metropolitan”
Medium: Mezzotint and aquatint
Year: 2005
Image Size: 6 7/8 x 8 5/8 in.
Edition: 120
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Eye of the Storm”
Medium: Mezzotint and aquatint
Year: 2006
Image Size: 15 x 24 7/8 in.
Edition: 100 + 10 A.P.’s.
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Plymouth Street”
Medium: Color Mezzotint
Date: 1990
Image Size : 6 x 8 5/8 in.
Edition: 100
Signed and dated.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Misty Canyon”
Medium: Color Mezzotint and Aquatint
Date: 1988
Image size: 10 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.
Edition: 20
Signed, titled and dated in pencil
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
34th Street
Medium: Mezzotint
Date: 1996
Size: 20 3/4 x 20 ¾ in.
Edition: 120. Condition: Mint
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Bowling Green”
Medium: Color aquatint
Date: 1995
Sheet size: 16.75 x 13.5 in.
Image size: 11.5 x 8.75 in.
Edition: 120
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Sentinel”
Medium: Mezzotint
Year: 1999
Image: 19 x 25.5 in.
Edition: 90.
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Penthouse”
Medium: Mezzotint and aquatint
Year: 2000.
Image: 13.5 x 23.25 in.
Edition: 100
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Woolworth Building”
Medium: Color Mezzotint
Date: 1989
Image Size : 8 5/8 x 11 1/2 in.
Edition: 100
Signed and dated.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Chrysler Building”
Medium: Black and white metal plate etching
Date: 1984
Image Size: 8 7/8 x 11 5/8 in.
Edition: 150
Signed and dated.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Empire State Building”
Medium: Black and white metal plate etching
Date: 1984
Image Size: 8 1/8 x 12 1/2 in.
Edition: 75
Signed and dated.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Cleveland Place”
Medium: Black and White Mezzotint
Date: 1980
Image Size: 6 1/8 x 8 3/4 in.
Sheet: 14 9/16 x 11 1/16 in.
Edition: 90
Signed and dated.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Ascension”
Medium: Mezzotint
Date: 1993
Sheet size: 17 11/16 x 15 1/8 in.
Image size: 11 3/4 x 9 3/4 in. Edition: 100
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“Center Stage”
Medium: Mezzotint and aquatint
Year: 2004
Image Size: 14 9/16 x 7 13/16 in.
Edition: 120 + 15 A.P.’s.
Signed, titled and dated in pencil.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“High Finance”
Medium: Mezzotint
Date: 1995
paper Size: 23 3/4 x 14 in.
Edition: 120
Condition: Mint
Price: On Request
Frederick Mershimer
“New York Stock Exchange”
Medium: Color Mezzotint
Date: 1989
Image Size: 13 1/4 x 17 1/2 in.
Edition: 100
Signed and dated.
Condition: Excellent
Price: On Request