The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1907-12-27
Frederick G. Frieseke's Grand Sue
cess as an Artist.

The program for the Christina.
| concerts in the handsome new Wan
| amaker auditorium, New York, con
! tains the following concerning 8
| former Owosso boy, now of Paris
who did the mural decorating fol
the building:
The beautiful new mural deco
rations adjoining the walls of the
Wanamaker Auditorium are the
work of Frederick C. Frieske, ar
American artist of marked ability
who lives, and works in Paris. Mr.
Frieske has appropriately chosen as
his theme 'The Pastoral Symphony
or, rather, the moods suggested by
its various movements, with their
musical depletion of the delights OF
the open air, the sunshine, and the
beauty and peace of Nature.
Each of the paintings represents
division or movement" of the
symphony. The one over the stage
is called Allegro fete cham
petre of the Vatican period, with
the grace and airiness of flowing
draperies and soft color-harmonies.
The painting at the rear of the au-
ditorium it the "Allegretto' lighter,
merrier even than the Allegro. Here
are the shepherd and his sheep,
little children, youths and maidens
grouped in the long shadows of the
poplar trees which the setting sun
casts on the soft grass.
Mr.. Frieseke is pupil of jean
Paul Laurens, a member hors con-
cours of the Salon DIES Beaux Arts,
member of the Societe Information
ale, the American Society of Paint
ers, and the American Artists Asso-
hibited often, winning a gold medal
at Munich in 1904 and a silver medal
in st. Louis in the same year. His
paintings have 6been purchased by
the French Government for the Lux
embury Gallery, and by the cities Of
Venice and Odessa for their NUM-
cipal galleries.
The present decorations are char
acteristic of Mr.. Frieseke's style, as
will be seen from the following crit
iques upon the paintings exhibited
by him:
"The March exhibition at Schultz
Ze's Tin Dusseldorf) is dominated by
the large collection of Frederick G.
Frieseke, who comes to us strang
er, and surprises us by the evidence
of his great skill. His whole work
is thrilling jubilee hymn on the
subject OF Woman. '-Nationa Zeit-
ung.
"The most original and strongest
collection is that of the American
Frieseke, who knows how to bring
out something quite personal in his
work, and who in all his subtle color
combinations has tho finest and
clearest insight into Nature. The
pictures in their color-harmonies af-
feet one like music-with a light
touch he knows how to attune them
to a melody. He also shows three
small landscapes, in which one re-
marks an eye that rests with special
love on all things, and knows how to
get from them their beauty"
Deutscher Reichsanzeiger.
But even if he has made all the
technicalities of the French his own
If he owes to them the graceful ele-
gance of his drawing, his delicacy of
coloring, his comprehension of the
soft, pure play OF light. nevertheless
he brings into his pictures a personal
tone that differs from French Art. !
He has, as a matter of fact, painted |
only portraits and poses of women
pictures in delicate, soft Gobelin |
tones and subtle charm of color
harmonies. He might. like his great
fellow-countryman, Whistler, name
his pictures from their color-schemes