The Window
Artist
Frederick Carl Frieseke
(American, 1874 - 1939)
CultureAmerican
Dateca. 1915
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions40 x 40 in. (101.6 x 101.6 cm)
Overall, Frame: 49 3/4 × 49 3/4 × 2 5/8 in. (126.4 × 126.4 × 6.7 cm)
Overall, Frame: 49 3/4 × 49 3/4 × 2 5/8 in. (126.4 × 126.4 × 6.7 cm)
InscribedSigned lower left: F. C. Frieseke
Credit LineBequest of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number89.61
Not on view
DescriptionThis is an oil on canvas painting of a woman at her vanity table in front of an open window. The window opens to a brightly lit courtyard filled with greenery. There are geraniums in her window box and as the light filters through the trees it reflects green to the interior scene. Her face is blushed with pink, presumably light reflected from the pink blouse she is wearing, in contrast to the greenish hue over the rest of the painting.Label TextFrederick Carl Frieseke American, 1874–1939 The Window, ca. 1915 Oil on canvas Rosy reflections from her pink gown brighten the face of Sarah, the wife and favorite model of painter Frederick Frieseke. Beyond the cool shadows of the dressing room, a window reveals the sun-drenched garden of their cottage in Giverny, France. Frieseke and other Americans painted in this countryside village to follow in the footsteps of Claude Monet, who established a studio and garden there. Working abroad allowed them to paint nudes and private domestic scenes, such as this one—subjects deemed improper by many American critics at that time. Bequest of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 89.61 ProvenanceEstate of the artist, 1939; by descent to Frances Frieseke Kilmer, the artist's daughter, not in Kilmer inventrory; Albert Keck, Cooperstown, NY, 1965; Hirschl & Adler, New York, 1968; R.F. Woolworth; Coe Kerr Gallery, New York; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. purchased from the Coe Kerr Gallery 1974; Bequest of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum, 1989. Exhibition HistoryMacbeth Gallery, New York, N.Y., 1915. "Paintings by Frederick C. Frieseke," St. Botolph Club Gallery, Boston, Mass., April 10-21, 1916. "14th Annual Exhibit of Paintings by American Artists," St. Louis City Art Museum, Mo., September 14 - October 28, 1919. "Frederick Frieseke 1874-1939," The Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Ga., November 5 - December 5, 1974; Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, N.Y., December 11 - January 20, 1975; The North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, N.C., February 5 - March 5, 1975; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Fla., April 6 - May 4, 1975; Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, S.C., May 11 - June 8, 1975. (Exh. cat. no. 24) "Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum," Chrysler Museum at Norfolk, Va., March 1 - July 4, 1976. "Veronese to Franz Kline: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk," for the benefit of The Chrysler Museum Art Reference Library, Wildenstein & Co., New York, N.Y., April 13 - May 13, 1978. "Women of Fashion: French and American Images of Leisure, 1880-1920," Daimaru Museum Umeda, Osaka, Japan, March 16-28, 1994; Daimaru Museum, Tokyo, Japan, April 7-19, 1994; Kitakyushu Municipal Museum of Art, Kitakyushu, Japan, April 29 - May 29, 1994. "American Impressionism in the Garden," Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA, February 19 - May 14, 2017.Published ReferencesMoussa M. Domit, _Frederick Frieseke, 1874-1939_, exh. cat., Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Ga., 1974., 25, no. 29. (As _Woman at a Dressing Table_). Dennis R. Anderson, "New Paintings by Kuhn, Frieseke, Davis, Sheeler, and O'Keefe," Chrysler Museum _Bulletin_ 3, no. 7 (July 1974): cover. Dennis R. Anderson, _Three Hundred Years of American Art in the Chrysler Museum_, exh. cat., Norfolk, Va., 1975, 156. Eric M. Zafran and Mario Amaya, _Veronese to Franz Kline: Masterworks from the Chrysler Museum at Norfolk_, exh. cat., Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Va., 1978, 36, 76, no. 39. Mahonri Sharp Young, "Primitive to Pop," _Apollo_ 107 (Apr., 1978), 48, no. 6. Joyce M. Szabo, "American Art - 1875-1913" _Gallery Guide_ (Norfolk: The Chrysler Museum, 1986), 4, no. 7. Gabriel P. Weisberg, _Women of Fashion: French and American Images of Leisure, 1880-1920_, exh. cat., Daimaru Museum, Tokyo, Japan, 1994, 95, 174, pl. 84, no. 84. ISBN: 4900446130 Martha N. Hagood and Jefferson C. Harrison, _American Art at the Chrysler Museum: Selected Paintings, Sculpture, and Drawings_ (Norfolk, Va.: Chrysler Museum of Art, 2005), 158-159, no. 99. ISBN: 0-940744-71-6
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