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Bernie Fuchs (1932- ) Born in O’Fallon, Illinois in 1932, Bernie Fuchs studied at the Washington University School of Fine Arts in St. Louis during the 1950′s. Fuchs is considered one of the best illustrators of the 20th Century, with his works appearing in many popular publications, such as the New Yorker and Saturday Evening Post. Subjects covered in his works include sports, portraits, landscape, still life, and historic themes. Fuch’s work has [...] Click here to continue reading. Jonathan Orne Johnson Frost (1852-1928) Jonathan Frost was a native of Marblehead, Massachusetts and an untrained artist. Frost began to paint in 1922 at age 70 with the idea of preserving the history of the town in which he had spent much of his entire life. He at times was a fisherman, carpenter, and gardener, and ran a seafood restaurant for most of his life, but after his wife’s death in 1919, he began [...] Click here to continue reading. John Frost (1890-1937) A highly respected artist, John Frost celebrated the varied California landscape through his paintings. Known for his unique impressionistic style, Frost captured the Sierra Nevada mountains and the arid desert with a clarity that few could rival. John Frost was born in Philadelphia in May of 1890, the son of the famous sporting artist Arthur B. Frost. Jack, as he was called, trained under his father and later traveled to [...] Click here to continue reading. George Albert Frost (1843 to 1907) George Albert Frost was born in Boston and studied at the Royal Academy of Belgium. He began practicing his art while serving during the Civil War. The Western Union Telegraph expedition of 1865-67 was an ambitious operation to establish a telegraph line from the U.S. to the West Coast of British Columbia and Alaska, to Siberia, and then through Russia to India. Frost accompanied George Kennan on the [...] Click here to continue reading. Jonash Frisks (Swedish, 1787 to 1849) Jonas Frisks operated a successful furniture workshop at numerous locations in Stockholm, Sweden, from 1806 to 1825. Information courtesy of Freeman’s May, 2007. Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939) Frederick Frieseke was among the group of American Impressionist artists who settled in the French village of Giverny, forty miles northwest of Paris, shortly after 1900. This group, which is sometimes referred to as the Giverny Luminists, was attracted to the village by the presence of the great French Impressionist Claude Monet, who had settled there in 1883. Frieseke is believed to have visited Giverny as early as 1900; [...] Click here to continue reading. Charles Arthur Fries (1854-1940) Charles was born in Hillsboro, Ohio, in 1854 and apprenticed with a lithographer in Cincinnati, Ohio at the age of 15. While in Cincinnati, he attended the Art Academy there at a time when it was considered one of the most notable in the United States. He married in 1887 and moved to New York City where he set up a studio. When his wife began to have failing health, [...] Click here to continue reading. Pal Fried (Hungarian/American 1893 – 1976) Pal Fried, was born in Budapest and studied at the Hungarian Academie under Professor Hugo Pohl and in Paris under Claude Monet and Lucien Simone. Under Pohl’s influence, he executed many portraits, nudes and Oriental scenes in pastel. He was also greatly influenced by the French Impressionist School of Renoir and Degas. His works are listed in the Fine Arts Book. Fried’s signature on his paintings was Fried [...] Click here to continue reading. Eighteenth Century French Furniture The story of eighteenth century French furniture is the story of the rise, immense popularity and precipitous fall of the Rococo/Louis XV style. Louis XIV, the “Sun King”, who reigned in the previous century, set the stage for this proliferation of sumptuous furnishings when he established the Manufacture Royale de Gobelins as a unified center for furniture and tapestry workers, drawing craftsmen from across Europe with the limitless opportunities associated [...] Click here to continue reading. Pierre Edouard Frere Realist painter Pierre Edouard Frere is one of the most popular genre painters of mid-19th century France. He is best known for domestic scenes with peasant children and his paintings are marked by a sentimentality and sincerity. Frere studied with academic painter Paul Delaroche before attending the Ecole des Beaux-Arts. His tender scenes were successful in his native France as well as in England and America, and his work was touted [...] Click here to continue reading. |
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