FREDERICK CARL FRIESEKE: The Evolution of an American Impressionist

by Nicholas Kilmer, David Sellin, Barbara H. Weinberg

The color-drenched gardens and sun-dappled nudes by Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939) have long been loved by admirers of American Impressionism, and his paintings are treasured in museum collections across the country. This beautiful and comprehensive volume--with more than one hundred color and almost eighty black-and-white plates--is the most ambitious ever devoted to his work. It is being published in conjunction with a major retrospective of the artist's work.


A biographical overview and a detailed chronology by the artist's grandson, including charming vintage photographs, provide much new information and correct several misconceptions about Frieseke's life and career. Three invaluable essays by leading scholars discuss the diverse stages of his work and place it in art historical context, detailing his experience as a student at Whistler's atelier in Paris and as a central member of the group of American expatriates who settled in Giverny, France, near the French master Monet. The book's groundbreaking scholarship casts new light on Frieseke, American Impressionism, and the art world at the turn of the last century.


The contributors are Nicholas Kilmer, guest curator of the exhibition and the artist's grandson; Virginia M. Mecklenburg, senior curator of painting and sculpture at the Smithsonian American Art Museum; David Sellin, art historian and author of American Painters in Brittany and Normandy ; and H. Barbara Weinberg, curator of American painting and sculpture at The Metropolitan Museum of Art.


EXHIBITION


The Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia
March 20-June 3, 2001


The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis
June 23-August 19, 2001


San Diego Museum of Art
September 8-November 11, 2001


Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago
December 8, 2001-February 3, 2002

Genres: Art

216 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 2001

About the author

Teacher of art and Latin in Vienna, VA, 1960-62; Action for Boston Community Development, Boston, MA, writer in department of planning and evaluation, 1966-67; English teacher at private school in Beverly, MA, 1967-70; Swain School of Design, New Bedford, MA, associate professor of liberal arts, 1970-82, dean, 1979-82; affiliated with Art Research of Cambridge, Cambridge, MA, 1984-88; founder of Nicholas Kilmer Fine Art, 1988—. Painter, with exhibitions throughout the Northeast.

Reviews

[Natalie B · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautiful prints from a special exhibit. Having seen some of the originals in museums it was a thrill to see his artistic progression. As an American who lived in giverney for awhile , he had the opportunity to be influenced by monet? Troubling times he lived throug&, wwi. Difficult to know how he did financially but he had representation and shipped his paintings to the us for shows. He was given many honors on both sides of the ocean.