Cat Over the Shoulder by John Nathaniel Fenton (NY, 1912-1977), mixed media on artist board, signed, circa 1960s-1970s, framed - 20" x 25" 
 
John Nathaniel Fenton was a printmaker and painter who studied at the Art Students League, New York, and at Atelier 17, Paris. He also studied under and worked with Federico Castellon and Samuel Adler. During his career Fenton exhibited at such important institutions as the Audubon Artists, National Academy of Design, Museum of Modern Art, New York, Corcoran Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Butler Institute of American Art and the Art Institute of Chicago. Fenton was a full member of the Woodstock Art Association and served as an Instructor of Art at New York University. In 1958 Fenton won awards from both the National Academy of Design and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Among his other honors are a Purchase Prize from the New School Graphics Annual and an Edition Purchase from Pratt Institute. The artist has had over a half-dozen one-man shows in New York City. His work is in the permanent collections of the Pennsylvania State University Museum, Suffolk Museum, Corcoran Gallery of Art, and the Smithsonian American Art Museum. He also taught at New York University.