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1914 Detroit, Michigan - 1958 Rome, Italy. Known for: Urban genre-view, figure, illustrations.
David Fredenthal (1914 - 1958) was one ot America's most respected watercolor artists. He was famous for his bold, intensely vigorous and complex paintings and drawings that expressed his deep... Read full biography
David Fredenthal (1914 - 1958) was one ot America's most respected watercolor artists. He was famous for his bold, intensely vigorous and complex paintings and drawings that expressed his deep feeling for excitement with life and living. He was a draftsman with seemingly a special gift for catching... Read full biography
David Fredenthal (1914 - 1958) was one ot America's most respected watercolor artists. He was famous for his bold, intensely vigorous and complex paintings and drawings that expressed his deep feeling for excitement with life and living. He was a draftsman with seemingly a special gift for catching anything, physically and emotionally on the spot, and he never went anywhere without three or four loaded pens and a sketchbook in his pocket. As part of the WPA project he executed a number of... Read full biography
David Fredenthal (1914 - 1958) was one ot America's most respected watercolor artists. He was famous for his bold, intensely vigorous and complex paintings and drawings that expressed his deep feeling for excitement with life and living. He was a draftsman with seemingly a special gift for catching anything, physically and emotionally on the spot, and he never went anywhere without three or four loaded pens and a sketchbook in his pocket. As part of the WPA project he executed a number of murals including the Sports Pavilion on the Heinz Building of the New York World's Fair 1939. Some of his fresco and mural techniques were inspired by his friendship with Diego Rivera who had admired and encouraged him in the early 1930's. After he won a... Read full biography
David Fredenthal (1914 - 1958) was one ot America's most respected watercolor artists. He was famous for his bold, intensely vigorous and complex paintings and drawings that expressed his deep feeling for excitement with life and living. He was a draftsman with seemingly a special gift for catching anything, physically and emotionally on the spot, and he never went anywhere without three or four loaded pens and a sketchbook in his pocket. As part of the WPA project he executed a number of murals including the Sports Pavilion on the Heinz Building of the New York World's Fair 1939. Some of his fresco and mural techniques were inspired by his friendship with Diego Rivera who had admired and encouraged him in the early 1930's. After he won a traveling scholarship to Europe from The Museum of Modern Art at age 19, he was the recipient of two Guggenheim g... Read full biography
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Keywords (54)
Art Method
- •Book Illustration
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
Art Media
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Fresco Painting, Murals
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pencil, Graphite Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Modernist, Modernism (Partially Abstract, Leading Edge)
Art Subject
- •American Scene
- •Animals, Mammals
- •Architecture Trained: Design and Drawing
- •Coastal View, Shoreline, Seaside
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Genre, Human Activity, Daily Life
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Marine, Maritime, Riverfront, Boats, Canoes, Steam Boats, Nautical
- •Mountain Views, Mountainscapes
- •New York City
- •Still Life
- •Townscape, Village Scenes
- •Urban Landscape, Cityscape
- •Urban Scene, City Genre
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •New Mexico Before 1940
Art Association
- •American Federation of Arts
- •California Watercolor Society
Art School
- •Colorado Springs Fine Art Center, Student
- •Cranbrook Academy of Art, Student
Awards/Recognition
- •John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship
Chronology
- •Early 20th Century Before 1950
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Art Collection
- •Matthew Bakkom Archive Collection
Added Description
- •Abstraction Specialty
- •Combat, War Artist: Illustration, Painting or Photography
- •Figure Specialty
- •Genre Specialty
- •LIFE Magazine Featured Artist
- •LIFE Magazine Illustrator, Photographer
- •WPA Artist, Federal Art Project, Murals and Easel Paintings
Notable Commercial Gallery Representation, Pre 21s
- •Edith Halpert Downtown Gallery, New York
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •New York World's Fair, 1939-1940
Exhibition of Art Association
- •California Watercolor Society-
- •National Academy of Design, New York
Exhibition of Museum
- •Art Institute of Chicago
- •Brooklyn Museum of Art
- •Carnegie Institute, International Exhibition
- •Corcoran Gallery and/or Art School, Washington DC
- •Detroit Institute of Art
- •Whitney Biennial Museum of American Art