Frederick Carl Frieseke
Sunbath

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Artist Frederick Carl Frieseke American, 1874–1939

CultureAmerican

Titles

Sunbath

Datec. 1913

PlaceUnited States

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions28 7/8 × 36 1/2 in. (73.4 × 92.7 cm)
Frame: 36 3/8 × 43 3/4 × 2 3/4 in. (92.4 × 111.1 × 7 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Arnold, Jr. in memory of Mrs. Agnes Cullen Arnold

Object number74.256

Not on view

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Department

American Art

Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance Research Ongoing Exhibition HistoryExhibited: "American Impressionist Paintings," Laguna Gloria Art Museum, Austin, 3 April - 22 May 1980 (LN:80.13)

Exhibited: "The Best of Times: Intimate American Paintings from the turn of the Century" organized by The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Exhibition venues: The Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler, Texas, January 14 - April 16, 1989; Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana May 20 - July 30, 1989; The Art Center, Waco, Texas, August 21 - October 4, 1989; Museum of Art, University of Oklahoma, Norman Oklahoma October 21, 1989 - January 14, 1990; Louisiana Arts & Science Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana February 2 - April 15,1990; Amarillo Art Center, Amarillo, Texas, May 5 - June 17, 1990; Abilene Fine Arts Museum, Abilene, Texas August 11 - October 28, 1990; Wichita Falls Museum & Art Center, Wichita Falls, Texas November 11, 1990 - January 20. 1991; Meadows Museum of Art, Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana, February 3 - March 31, 1991: Longview Museum and Arts Canter, Longview, Texas, April 7 - July 13, 1991; Live Oak Art Center, Columbus, Texas, December 13, 1991 - January 31, 1992.

Exhibited: "American Painters in the Age of Impressionism", The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas. December 4, 1994 - March 26, 1995. Exhibition catalogue published, MFAH.

Exhibited: "Frederick C. Frieseke: An American Impressionist," at the Telfair Museum of Art, Savannah, Georgia, from March 19 to June 3, 2001; the Dixon Gallery and Gardens,Memphis, TN, June 23 to August 18, 2001; the San Diego Museum of Art,San Deigo, CA, September 15 to November 10, 2001; and the Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, IL, December 8 to February 3, 2002 (LN:2001.9).

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