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1915

Frederick Carl Frieseke

Artist, American, 1874 - 1939

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Frances Frieseke Kilmer

  • Dimensions

    overall: 131.5 x 130.3 cm (51 3/4 x 51 5/16 in.)
    framed: 148 x 148 x 5.7 cm (58 1/4 x 58 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1969.5.1


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Consigned by the artist to (Macbeth Galleries, New York), c. 1917; sold 1917 to The Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio; by exchange 1937 to (Macbeth Galleries, New York); estate of Frederick Frieseke, 1939-1965; the artist's daughter, Frances Frieseke Kilmer [Mrs. Kenton Kilmer], Vienna, Virginia; gift 1969 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

-1

  • Providence Arts Club, Rhode Island (from donor records, no date given).

1916

  • Sixth Exhibition, Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1916-1917, no. 368.

1917

  • 112th Annual Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1917, no. 290.

1937

  • 15th Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1937, no. 319.

  • American Painting from 1860 until Today, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1937.

1939

  • Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Frederick Carl Frieseke, N.A., Grand Central Art Galleries, Inc., New York, 1939, no. 12.

1940

  • Survey of American Painting, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1940, no. 227.

1966

  • Frederick Frieseke (1874-1939), Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1966, no. 21.

1971

  • French Impressionists Influence American Artists, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 1971, no. 38, repro.

1974

  • Frederick Frieseke 1874-1939, Telfair Academy of Arts & Sciences, Savannah, Georgia; North Carolina Mus. of Art, Raleigh; Mus. of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg; Columbia Mus. of Art, South Carolina, 1974-1975, no. 24 (not shown at 2nd venue in New York).

1981

  • Extended loan for use by Vice President and Mrs. George H.W. Bush, Washington, D.C., 1981-1987.

1987

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador John Shad, U.S. Embassy residence, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1987-1989.

1989

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador Howard Wilkins, U.S. Embassy residence, The Hague, The Netherlands, 1989-1992.

1993

  • American Art from the Gilded Age: Paintings and Photographs. 100th Birthday Celebration, The Admiralty House, 1883-1993, Vice President's House, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1994

  • Extended loan to Vice President and Mrs. Al Gore, Vice President's House, Washington, D.C., 1994-2000.

2001

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador William Stamps Farish III, U.S. Embassy residence, London, England, 2001-2004.

2006

  • Art & Fashion: from Marie Antoinette to Jacqueline Kennedy, Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, 2006, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador Peter R. Coneway, U.S. Embassy residence, Bern, Switzerland, 2006-2008.

Bibliography

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 60, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 162, repro.

1981

  • Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 194, 195, repro.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 185, repro.

1996

  • Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 230-232, color repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: F.C. Frieseke. 1915

Wikidata ID

Q20191915


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