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A Glance at the Globe: Painted Faces

Week 001 - Impressionism

Artist: Frederick Carl Frieseke (1874-1939)

Frederick Carl Frieseke is a second-generation American Impressionist who spent much of his productive time as an expatriate in France.

By 1900 Frieseke was spending summers in the town of Giverny, made famous by the residence of Monet (although the property was adjacent to Monet’s, Frieseke had only limited contact with the French master) and other artists, among them many Americans. 

Evidenced in his own painting style characterized by a consideration of color and pattern, broken brushwork, and decorative elements.

At the height of his career, in the 1910s and early 1920s, Frieseke was perhaps the most popular of all living American artists.

A quote from Frederick C. Frieseke:

It is sunshine, flowers in sunshine; girls in sunshine; the nude in sunshine, which I have been principally interested in. If I could only reproduce it exactly as I see it I would be satisfied.

Ressources:

If you want to see all the paintings from Frederick Carl Frieseke:

https://www.wikiart.org/en/frederick-carl-frieseke/all-works

The wikipedia page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Carl_Frieseke

Link to High Resolution in order:

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https://goo.gl/dXZQXZ

https://goo.gl/LRLoLk

https://goo.gl/LD1BsA

https://goo.gl/8Cj4wg

Sioux hunter

1914

Week 001 - Impressionism

Artist: Joaquin Mir  Trinxet (1873-1940)

Joaquin Mir is a Spanish painter. He is more close to the post-impressionist movement but I wanted to share his work with you because in a way he took what he needed from the impressionists and improved it to achieve his personal goals.

In his paintings he used to merge colors and shapes so during his first exhibition in Barcelona in 1901 the reviews were very positive but the public found his paintings difficult to comprehend.

His palette coincided with the one the Impressionists used and he also coincided with them in excluding the colour black, using a host of combinations to paint shadow. But he used these technical resources to create a world of his own, a new landscape.

A quote from Joaquin Mir:

All I want is for my works to lighten the heart and flood the eyes and the soul with light.

Ressources:

If you want to see all the paintings from Joaquin Mir:

https://www.the-athenaeum.org/art/list.php?s=tu&m=a&aid=2502&p=1

Link to High Resolution in order:

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-comparses-of-vilanova/zgFZEURCpu7I8A

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/terraced-village/8QFLi4P2mhR4-w

https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-jewel/JAHZY4Ho6HgITg

http://www.sothebys.com/content/dam/stb/lots/L15/L15102/058L15102_8PMV6.jpg

http://www.sothebys.com/content/dam/stb/lots/L13/L13102/031L13102_75V92.jpg

https://www.christies.com/img/LotImages/2015/CKS/2015_CKS_10399_0024_000(joaquin_mir_i_trinxet_es_molinar_palma_de_mallorca).jpg

Russian folk tales illustration by Yevgeny Rachev