Arthur Burdett Frost, Jr., a modernist painter, was the son of Arthur B. Frost, the well-known illustrator, from whom he took his first art lessons. In 1905, Frost studied in New York City in the... Read full biography
Arthur Burdett Frost, Jr., a modernist painter, was the son of Arthur B. Frost, the well-known illustrator, from whom he took his first art lessons. In 1905, Frost studied in New York City in the studio of William Merritt Chase and also studied with Robert Henri, the latter whom he credited as... Read full biography
Arthur Burdett Frost, Jr., a modernist painter, was the son of Arthur B. Frost, the well-known illustrator, from whom he took his first art lessons. In 1905, Frost studied in New York City in the studio of William Merritt Chase and also studied with Robert Henri, the latter whom he credited as being the more influential. In 1906, the Frost family moved to Europe so that nineteen-year old Arthur Jr. could benefit from available academic art education. He enrolled in the Academie Julian in Paris... Read full biography
Arthur Burdett Frost, Jr., a modernist painter, was the son of Arthur B. Frost, the well-known illustrator, from whom he took his first art lessons. In 1905, Frost studied in New York City in the studio of William Merritt Chase and also studied with Robert Henri, the latter whom he credited as being the more influential. In 1906, the Frost family moved to Europe so that nineteen-year old Arthur Jr. could benefit from available academic art education. He enrolled in the Academie Julian in Paris and became friends with future well-known abstract painter, Patrick Henry Bruce. They both were influenced by modernist artists including Impressionists and Henri Matisse and his revolutionary Fauvist style that emphasized bright coloration. Bruce... Read full biography
Arthur Burdett Frost, Jr., a modernist painter, was the son of Arthur B. Frost, the well-known illustrator, from whom he took his first art lessons. In 1905, Frost studied in New York City in the studio of William Merritt Chase and also studied with Robert Henri, the latter whom he credited as being the more influential. In 1906, the Frost family moved to Europe so that nineteen-year old Arthur Jr. could benefit from available academic art education. He enrolled in the Academie Julian in Paris and became friends with future well-known abstract painter, Patrick Henry Bruce. They both were influenced by modernist artists including Impressionists and Henri Matisse and his revolutionary Fauvist style that emphasized bright coloration. Bruce introduced Frost to Matisse, and Frost then took a class from him as well as from Robert Delaunay, another non-trad... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (11)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes
1999
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
3,724 pages
The American Fauves: The Color of Modernism (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Gerdts, William H; Hollis Taggart
159 pages (color)
The Advent of Modernism Post-Impressionism...1900-1918 (Exhibition catalog)
1986
Morrin, Peter (others)
200 pages (color)
The World of A B Frost His Family and Their Circle (Exhibition catalog)
1983
Reed, Henry M
28 pages (color)
Early American Modernist Painting 1910-1935
1981
Davidson, Abraham A
324 pages (color)
Dictionary of American Art
1979
Baigell, Mathew
390 pages
Synchromism American Color Abstraction 1910-1925 (Exhibition catalog)