Frieda Voelter Redmond (1857-)

Frieda Voelter Redmond was born in Thun Switzerland. She studied in Paris and moved to New York City where she met and married the Artist John J Redmond. Together they traveled the world painting watercolors which were exhibited widely; including the Paris Salon, the National Academy, and for several decades at the Boston Art Club. She specialized in floral still lives.

The following is a review of her work from a Boston newspaper:

"Mrs. Redmond is a Swiss woman, now residing in New York. She has exhibited her works in the Paris Salon, in the National Academy of Design, at the Society of American Artists' exhibitions, etc., and was awarded a medal at the World's Fair in Chicago. Her work is not only skillful and accurate in description and characterization; it is done with breadth and freedom, and given a quality of fine decorative distinction. Her subjects are roses, cyclamen, chrysanthemums, nasturtiums, double larkspurs, cinneraria, etc., and she makes each panel a distinct study in design, with a background and accessories of appropriate character. For example, the three or four large panels of roses painted at Mentone have a glimpse of the Mediterranean for background, and a suggestion of trellis-work for the support of the vine or bush; and in another rose panel we have a tipped-over Gibraltar basket with its luscious contents strewed about in artful confusion. The double larkspurs make very charming panels for decorative purposes. They are painted with delightful fullness of color and engaging looseness and crispness of touch."--Boston Transcript.