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1915

Frederick Carl Frieseke

Associated Names
Frederick Carl Frieseke

Artist, American, 1874 - 1939

This painting shows a woman seated in a cushioned red chair, her body and head turned slightly to the right. She has pale white skin, and her dark hair is styled in an updo behind her head. She has a straight nose, small red lips, and closed eyes. She wears a long white dress with a voluminous skirt, accessorized with a black pendant on her neckline, a light blue necklace that hangs down around her neck, dark blue earrings, a blue-and-gold ring, a black bracelet, and a gold bracelet. In her right hand, she holds a section of light blue knitting with two white needles, connected to a ball of yarn by her black slippers, which poke out of the end of her skit. Behind her is a soft pink wall, with a mint green door on the right behind her chair. To her right is a wooden table covered with a white cloth. On it is a white vase filled with flowers in dark blue, green, and red, vertical shapes that may be books, and a large ornate golden clock under a clear dome. A blue, orange, and red patterned rug is visible on the floor in the bottom right corner.

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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 Number

    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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