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Bluefin tuna smashing ballyhoo, striped bass chasing bunker and marlin slashing through a school of jellies. These are the scenes that the late Stanley Meltzoff spent his life recreating with oil and canvas. Check out some of his best work here. Painting: Bluefin at Ballyhoo
1979
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Regarded by some as the first great artist to paint big-game fish in their natural realm, Meltzoff’s work has graced the covers of Field & Stream, Scientific American, National Geographic and other publications. Close to 90 pieces of his original works have been collected for an exhibition at the Museum of American Illustration in Manhattan, NY. The exhibition, titled “Stanley Meltzoff – Oceans and Other Worlds,” kicked off on June 6 with a special reception benefitting the Tag-A-Giant Foundation, an organization committed to the conservation of bluefin tuna. The following photos are the gallery’s highlights.
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Painting: Secret’s of Arcimboldo’s Reef
2006
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Painting: Bluefin Ranching Future (sketch)
1979
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Painting: Three Marlin and Needlefish
2006
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Painting: Five Bluefin Tuna and Bunker
2006
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Painting: Black Marlin and Dogtooth Tuna
2002
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Painting: Eider Duck Shoot
(Lew Dietz and Pebbles Rockefeller)
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Painting: __Cruising the Weed Line
1979
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Painting: __Two Striped Marlin and Pelagia Jellies
2004
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Painting: __Jack and Squid School
2000
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Painting: __Blue Marlin, Bunker and Jellies
2003
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Painting: __Reflecting Bonefish and Many Medusa (top)
2002 Two Striped Marlin and Iris Nudibranch
2004
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Painting: __Eagle Rays, Shark and Permit School
2000
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Painting: __Blues Harrying Sea Robbins Off Cartrights (top)
1974 Blues and Sea Robins (sketch)
1974
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Painting: __The Lord of Barcajon Channel # 2
2005
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The works of game fish painter Stanley Meltzoff are now on display at the Museum of American Illustration. Check out some of his best paintings here.

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