Stream and Landscape
Type:Painting
Size:9.00" x 17.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Un-named painting by Charles Fries. 1854-1940
Charles Arthur Fries ART FOR SALE
1854 Hillsboro, Ohio - 1940 San Diego, California. Known for: Desert landscape, genre and portrait painting.
Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, Charles Fries was referred to as the dean of San Diego artists from the time he settled in that city in 1897. His reputation was based on magnificent atmospheric desert... Read full biography
Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, Charles Fries was referred to as the dean of San Diego artists from the time he settled in that city in 1897. His reputation was based on magnificent atmospheric desert landscapes, many of them showing historical scenes of the state. He was raised in Cincinnati and... Read full biography
Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, Charles Fries was referred to as the dean of San Diego artists from the time he settled in that city in 1897. His reputation was based on magnificent atmospheric desert landscapes, many of them showing historical scenes of the state. He was raised in Cincinnati and apprenticed there to a lithographer and then studied portraiture at McMicken Art Academy where he associated with other men who became famous artists--J.H. Twachtman, Robert Blum, Kenyon Cox, and Frank... Read full biography
Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, Charles Fries was referred to as the dean of San Diego artists from the time he settled in that city in 1897. His reputation was based on magnificent atmospheric desert landscapes, many of them showing historical scenes of the state. He was raised in Cincinnati and apprenticed there to a lithographer and then studied portraiture at McMicken Art Academy where he associated with other men who became famous artists--J.H. Twachtman, Robert Blum, Kenyon Cox, and Frank Duveneck. He traveled from his Cincinnati studio to sketch in the Southwest, and his lithographs of these travels appeared in "Harper's," "Leslie's," and "Century" magazines. When he was seventeen years old, he began working in New York City as an... Read full biography
Born in Hillsboro, Ohio, Charles Fries was referred to as the dean of San Diego artists from the time he settled in that city in 1897. His reputation was based on magnificent atmospheric desert landscapes, many of them showing historical scenes of the state. He was raised in Cincinnati and apprenticed there to a lithographer and then studied portraiture at McMicken Art Academy where he associated with other men who became famous artists--J.H. Twachtman, Robert Blum, Kenyon Cox, and Frank Duveneck. He traveled from his Cincinnati studio to sketch in the Southwest, and his lithographs of these travels appeared in "Harper's," "Leslie's," and "Century" magazines. When he was seventeen years old, he began working in New York City as an illustrator and portrait painter, and five years later, he went to Europe for art study and received many laudatory reviews in Paris journals fo... Read full biography
Charles Arthur Fries - Art for Sale (4 available)
Still life with fruit
Type:Painting
Year:19th Century
Size:9.00" x 7.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
A beautiful work by Fries, with the absence of his later glyphs verso, I believe it is from his Cincinnati days or his very early period in California. Beautifully restored, minimal overpaint.
On the Hillside
Type:Painting
Size:14.00" x 16.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
Notes:
Housed in a custom hand-carved 22kt. gold leaf frame by Vandeuren Galleries, Los Angeles, CA.
A Hazy Day
Type:Painting
Size:8.00" x 12.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left