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1887 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - 1917 New York. Known for: Color-theory based abstraction.
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