Frederick Carl Frieseke

German/American, 1874-1939
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Born in Owosso, Michigan, Frederick Frieseke became a leading American Impressionist, his principal subject being a single voluptuous female figure, often nude, in a colorful outdoor setting of sun-dappled light. A frequent model was his wife, and together they shopped for costumes, including the parasols that were so frequently held by his subjects.

He studied at The Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League in New York, and at age 24, entered James Whistler's Academie Carmen in Paris. In 1899, he painted mural decorations in Atlantic City, New Jersey for Wanamaker's store and the Shelbourne Hotel.

Lured back to France by the painting style of Impressionism and the freedom and stimulation of the art climate, he became an expatriate from 1905, spending every summer at Giverny, home of Claude Monet. There Frieseke had a lush garden where many of his models posed.

Frieseke was one of the few American artists elected to full membership in the Society National des Beaux Arts in Paris.

Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover Massachusetts

Akron Art Museum, Ohio

Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama

Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Des Moines Art Center, Iowa

Everson Museum Of Art, Syracuse, New York

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California

Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, Virginia

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota

Musee D'Orsay, Paris, France

Museum of Art at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

National Academy of Design Museum, New York, New York

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri

Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska

Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia

The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York

The Cummer Museum Of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida

The Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan

The Hickory Museum of Art, North Carolina

The John H. Vanderpoel Art Association, Chicago, Illinois

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

The Odessa Museum, Texas

The Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee

The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio

The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor

Thyssen-Bonemisza Collection, Madrid, Spain

Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona

Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland

Born in Owosso, Michigan, Frederick Frieseke became a leading American Impressionist, his principal subject being a single voluptuous female figure, often nude, in a colorful outdoor setting of sun-dappled light. A frequent model was his wife, and together they shopped for costumes, including the parasols that were so frequently held by his subjects.

He studied at The Art Institute of Chicago, the Art Students League in New York, and at age 24, entered James Whistler's Academie Carmen in Paris. In 1899, he painted mural decorations in Atlantic City, New Jersey for Wanamaker's store and the Shelbourne Hotel.

Lured back to France by the painting style of Impressionism and the freedom and stimulation of the art climate, he became an expatriate from 1905, spending every summer at Giverny, home of Claude Monet. There Frieseke had a lush garden where many of his models posed.

Frieseke was one of the few American artists elected to full membership in the Society National des Beaux Arts in Paris.

Awards & Memberships

Selected Exhibitions

Museums & Collections

Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover Massachusetts

Akron Art Museum, Ohio

Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois

Birmingham Museum of Art, Alabama

Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio

Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Virginia

Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Dallas Museum of Art, Texas

Des Moines Art Center, Iowa

Everson Museum Of Art, Syracuse, New York

High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia

Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana

Kresge Art Museum, Michigan State University, East Lansing

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California

Maier Museum of Art, Lynchburg, Virginia

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota

Musee D'Orsay, Paris, France

Museum of Art at Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts

National Academy of Design Museum, New York, New York

National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C.

New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia

Saint Louis Art Museum, Missouri

Sheldon Museum of Art, Lincoln, Nebraska

Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia

The Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York

The Cummer Museum Of Art & Gardens, Jacksonville, Florida

The Detroit Institute of Arts, Michigan

The Hickory Museum of Art, North Carolina

The John H. Vanderpoel Art Association, Chicago, Illinois

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri

The Odessa Museum, Texas

The Parthenon, Nashville, Tennessee

The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio

The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor

Thyssen-Bonemisza Collection, Madrid, Spain

Tucson Museum of Art, Arizona

Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland

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