Before the Hunt
Type:Painting
Size:30.00" x 36.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Frederic Kimball Mizen ART FOR SALE
1888 Chicago, Illinois - 1964 Chicago, Illinois. Known for: Landscape and Indian portrait painting, illustration.
Born in Chicago, Frederic Mizen became a noted western genre and landscape painter as well as illustrator, portraitist, and art teacher. From childhood, he had heard stories of the West from his... Read full biography
Born in Chicago, Frederic Mizen became a noted western genre and landscape painter as well as illustrator, portraitist, and art teacher. From childhood, he had heard stories of the West from his father who was secretary to three generals active on the frontier. In Chicago, he attended the J.... Read full biography
Born in Chicago, Frederic Mizen became a noted western genre and landscape painter as well as illustrator, portraitist, and art teacher. From childhood, he had heard stories of the West from his father who was secretary to three generals active on the frontier. In Chicago, he attended the J. Francis Smith Academy of Art, studied there with Walter Ufer, and then enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago*. He also studied at the Academy Julian* in Paris. At age 20, he began an illustration... Read full biography
Born in Chicago, Frederic Mizen became a noted western genre and landscape painter as well as illustrator, portraitist, and art teacher. From childhood, he had heard stories of the West from his father who was secretary to three generals active on the frontier. In Chicago, he attended the J. Francis Smith Academy of Art, studied there with Walter Ufer, and then enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago*. He also studied at the Academy Julian* in Paris. At age 20, he began an illustration assignment with Joseph P. Berren Studios for a Sears catalogue and continued commercial art, doing the first billboard ad for Coca Cola as well as numerous magazine covers including Saturday Evening Post, the American and Collier's. He also was successful... Read full biography
Born in Chicago, Frederic Mizen became a noted western genre and landscape painter as well as illustrator, portraitist, and art teacher. From childhood, he had heard stories of the West from his father who was secretary to three generals active on the frontier. In Chicago, he attended the J. Francis Smith Academy of Art, studied there with Walter Ufer, and then enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago*. He also studied at the Academy Julian* in Paris. At age 20, he began an illustration assignment with Joseph P. Berren Studios for a Sears catalogue and continued commercial art, doing the first billboard ad for Coca Cola as well as numerous magazine covers including Saturday Evening Post, the American and Collier's. He also was successful financially with his advertising work for automobile manufacturers to promote travel, and created i... Read full biography
Frederic Kimball Mizen - Art for Sale (3 available)
The Country Fair
Type:Illustration
Size:20.50" x 17.75"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Left
RUNNING DEER, TAOS
Type:Painting
Year:C 1950
Size:35.00" x 30.00"
Medium:Oil
Signed:Lower Right
Notes:
Provenance: O'Brien Galleries, Scottsdale, AZ. thence to: Walter Bimson, Valley National Bank of AZ Collection, Literature "The West and Walter Bimson" Published by The University of Arizona Museum of Art p117