William Charles Anthony Frerichs (1829-1905). Frerichs was born in Ghent Belgium, the son of William Daniel, a general in the Dutch Army. His name at birth was Wilhelm Karel Anthonius Frerichs. He... Read full biography
William Charles Anthony Frerichs (1829-1905). Frerichs was born in Ghent Belgium, the son of William Daniel, a general in the Dutch Army. His name at birth was Wilhelm Karel Anthonius Frerichs. He was educated in Belgium, having studied medicine at the University of Leyden and art at the Royal... Read full biography
William Charles Anthony Frerichs (1829-1905). Frerichs was born in Ghent Belgium, the son of William Daniel, a general in the Dutch Army. His name at birth was Wilhelm Karel Anthonius Frerichs. He was educated in Belgium, having studied medicine at the University of Leyden and art at the Royal Academies in The Hague and Brussels. When he was only 18 years old, he completed a 12 x 17 foot painting that was purchased for the emperor of Russia. He was well traveled and enhanced his art training... Read full biography
William Charles Anthony Frerichs (1829-1905). Frerichs was born in Ghent Belgium, the son of William Daniel, a general in the Dutch Army. His name at birth was Wilhelm Karel Anthonius Frerichs. He was educated in Belgium, having studied medicine at the University of Leyden and art at the Royal Academies in The Hague and Brussels. When he was only 18 years old, he completed a 12 x 17 foot painting that was purchased for the emperor of Russia. He was well traveled and enhanced his art training with independent study in Paris, Rome, and Vienna. He emigrated to the United States in 1850. He settled first in New York City and exhibited at the National Academy of Design for the only time in 1854. He married Clara Branwhite Butler on January 1,... Read full biography
William Charles Anthony Frerichs (1829-1905). Frerichs was born in Ghent Belgium, the son of William Daniel, a general in the Dutch Army. His name at birth was Wilhelm Karel Anthonius Frerichs. He was educated in Belgium, having studied medicine at the University of Leyden and art at the Royal Academies in The Hague and Brussels. When he was only 18 years old, he completed a 12 x 17 foot painting that was purchased for the emperor of Russia. He was well traveled and enhanced his art training with independent study in Paris, Rome, and Vienna. He emigrated to the United States in 1850. He settled first in New York City and exhibited at the National Academy of Design for the only time in 1854. He married Clara Branwhite Butler on January 1, 1854, and they had three children, Helena, Pauline, and William Desire. Following his marriage, he moved to and taught art in Greensboro, N... Read full biography
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Books & Publications (20)
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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
All That Is Glorious Around Us Hudson River School/A Loan Exhibition (Exhibition catalog)
1997
Driscoll, John Paul
144 pages (color)
Red Book Price Guide-1997 Western American Art
1997
Southwest Art
128 pages
Vose Art Notes: A Guide for Collectors Art and Collecting in America, Part Two
1997
Vose Galleries
35 pages (color)
Greenville County Museum of Art The Southern Collection
1995
Severens, Martha R
289 pages (color)
A Southern Collection
1992
Pennington, Estill Curtis
246 pages (color)
American Paintings for New Collectors
1991
Schwarz-Philadelphia
64 pages
Art Across America: The South, Near Midwest (Volume Two)
1990
Gerdts, William H
396 pages (color)
Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers
1986
Opitz, Glenn B (editor)
1,081 pages
Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947
1985
Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor)
707 pages
Art and Artists of the South Robert P Coggins Collection (Exhibition catalog)
1984
Chambers, Bruce W
149 pages (color)
American Art in the Newark Museum Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
1981
Newark Museum
431 pages (color)
Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics)
1979
Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel
736 pages
Two Hundred Years of Visual Arts in North Carolina (Exhibition catalog)
1976
North Carolina Museum of Art
146 pages
America as Art
1976
Taylor, Joshua C
320 pages (color)
William C A Frerichs 1829-1905 (Exhibition catalog)
1974
North Carolina Museum of Art
50 pages
American Paintings to 1900 Catalogue of Paintings, Vol 1
1966
North Carolina Museum of Art
118 pages (color)
The New York Historical Society's Dictionary of Artists in America 1564-1860