Frederick Carl Frieseke

Born: 1874
City and Country of Origin: Owasso, Michigan
Painting School: American Impressionist
Art Training: the Art Institute of Chicago; the Art Students League in New York City; Academie Julien in Paris
Exhibitions: Venice Bienniale
Awards: Grand Prize: Panama-Pacific International Exposition of 1915 in San Francisco
Major Works: "Venus in The Sunlight," "Promenade Fleurie," "On The Balcony"
Frederick Carl Frieseke Biography: Frieseke in the same manner as Mary Cassat was an American expatriate. He left the United States for France in 1898 never to return. Although he liked to claim that he was self taught he actually had an extensive art education. Even after he finished his formal art education he worked at the studio of Constant and Laurens in Paris. However, the one greatest influence on his impressionist painting was the fact that in 1906 he moved to Giverny and became the neighbor of Claude Monet. It was probably from Monet that he learned to use the rich color spectrum that is clearly visible in his paintings. He was a member of: the National Academy of Design; Societe National des Beaux Arts, Paris; Paris Art Association; New York Watercolor Club; Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
Died: 1939