ALICE CRANSTON FENNER ARTYLE 1943 Hand Painted Chalkware Racehorse Count Fleet. Wonderful piece from 1943, possibly of Count Fleet, the triple crown winner that summer. Alice was a renowned artist, painter, sculptor, ceramicist, designer, expert overglaze painter, poet and author. She was born November 13, 1894 in Bolivar, Allegheny County, NY to Allen L. Inez Cranston. Alice graduated with a bachelor of fine arts degree from Alfred College in 1918 (now Alfred University). She later studied under Dr. Charles Fergus Binns, associated with the Royal Worcester Potteries in England. The Artyle plaques that she did typically bear her name of ?Alice C. Fenner? inscribed on the back of the pieces and the studio quickly built up a reputation in the industry as a source of beautiful bas-reliefs for home decoration during the 1930?s which won them wide popularity. In 1936, Alice modeled a plaque of Will Rogers that garnered wide interest from collectors and critics hailed the plaque as ?one of the best likenesses of Will Rogers ever modeled in that it is not only a physical likeness but a close delineation of the character of the man and a brilliant interpretation of him in his most characteristic mood.?