Frederick Carl Frieseke

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A 1922 watercolor of the painter's daughter, Frances.
A 1922 watercolor of the painter's daughter, Frances.

Frederick Carl Frieseke (April 7, 1874August 24, 1939) was an American Impressionist painter.

He was born in Owosso, Michigan and studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and the Académie Julian in Paris. Frieseke and his family resided for fourteen years in Giverny, which was also home to Monet. He had a great influence on the Americans at the colony there, many of whom shared his Midwestern American background.

[edit] References

  • Kilmer, Nicholas (2000). Chamber Works by Frederick C. Frieseke, New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries. ISBN 0-9705723-1-X.
  • Frieseke, Frederick C. (2000). Uneventful Reminiscences: A Childhood in Florida, New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries. ISBN 0-9705723-0-1.


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