ogden minton pleissner was an american painter, specializing in landscapes and war art related to his service in world war ii.pleissner was born on april 29, 1905 in brooklyn, new york. his father was very interested in the arts, especially music, and his mother was an accomplished violinist who had studied in germany. when he was eleven a friend gave him a paint box filled with a wide array of colors. growing up, pleissner spent several summers in wyoming where he sketched from life and developed a lifelong love of the outdoors, fishing, and the western landscape. he attended the art student…