Janet Fish (b. 1938) Cows, 1990 Oil on canvas, 56 x 50 in. (142.2 x 127 cm) Signed and dated verso : Janet Fish/ 1990 Purchased with funds donated by the William T. Kemper Foundation Janet Fish is an American Contemporary Realist Painter. Born in Boston to a family of artists – her grandfather was a painter, her mother a sculptor, and her sister a photographer – Janet Fish grew up with an insider’s understanding of the art world. The painting Cows exemplifies Fish’s ability to create rich and sensuous images that proclaim America’s long-standing obsession with material objects. In a whimsical fashion, the artist combines various elements from her environment, blurring the distinction between real and represented objects, and between the traditional genres of still life and landscape.