SOLD Luxembourg Gardens – Study
by Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874–1939)7¼ x 9½ inches
Provenance
Edith Frieseke Givens, sister of the artist, Los Angeles, California
Herman Frieseke, half-brother of above, Los Angeles, California, by 1930
Kenneth J. Thomas, Los Angeles, California, by 1935
By descent in the family, until 1994
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, New York, 1994
Clarke Galleries, Stowe, Vermont, 1995
Mark LaSalle Fine Art, Albany, New York
Private collection, New England
Sale, Christie’s, New York, New York, September 12, 2007, lot 42
Private collection, New Jersey
Private collection, New York, New York
Related Work
Luxembourg Gardens, 1901, oil on canvas, 26 x 32 inches, signed and dated lower right; McGlothlin collection, Virginia
Note: This painting is included in the draft catalogue raisonné of the artist’s work by Nicholas Kilmer, grandson of the artist, with the support of the Hollis Taggart Galleries.
After 1897, Frederick Carl Frieseke spent most of his life in France where he painted many outdoor scenes filled with leisurely figures and dappled light. In Luxembourg Gardens – Study, Frieseke pushes the colorfully dressed figures to the middleground, emphasizing the spots of light in the open foreground.
Artist Biography
Leading American impressionist painter most well known for his impressionist depictions of outdoor figure subjects
By Tiffany Win
Spending most of his life in France, Frieseke came to be one of the most influential members of the Giverny art colony, as well as one of the leading American impressionists. He is most recognized for his depictions of female subjects, both indoors and outdoors, and his oeuvre is lauded for studying the various effects of dappled sunlight.
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