George Albert Frost

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Inner harbor, New Castle, New Hampshire (1892)

George Albert Frost (born December 23 or 27, 1843 in Boston , † November 13, 1907 in Cambridge ) was an American painter.

Life

George Albert Frost only attended school until the age of eleven and then worked on a farm. He fought in the Civil War . In 1867 he took part in the British Columbia Exploring Expedition to find a route for a future telegraph or telephone line between San Francisco and Moscow . From 1874 to 1876 he studied in Europe. His teacher was Nicaise de Keyser in Antwerp . He then used a studio in North Cambridge for ten years. In 1885 he joined George Kennan on an excursion to Siberia . For several years he had a summer residence in Brownfield ; he painted numerous motifs along the saco .

He had several children with his wife, Adelia Dunham Frost, including their son Paul Roubens Frost, who became a well-known landscape gardener.

In 1874 he exhibited at the San Francisco Art Association. From 1896 he exhibited at the Boston Art Club, to which he belonged. Frost's works are in the California State Library and owned by the California Historical Society. According to Steve Pinkham, Frost Mountain may be named after George Albert Frost. He lived at 53 Orchard Street in North Cambridge, Mass, from 1898 to 1905.

literature

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Edward Strachan, Roy Bolton: George Albert Frost . In: Views of Russia & Russian Works on Paper . Sphinx Books, London 2010, ISBN 978-1-907200-05-2 , pp. 96-97 ( books.google.de ).
  2. ↑ a b Frost, George Albert . In: Ulrich Thieme (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists from Antiquity to the Present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 12 : Fiori-Fyt . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1916, p. 530 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
  3. ↑ a b c George Albert Frost (1843–1907) on whitemountainart.com
  4. ^ Charles A. Birnbaum, Julie K. Fix: Pioneers of American landscape design II: an annotated bibliography . US Dept. of the Interior, National Park Service, Cultural Resources, Heritage Preservation Services, Historic Landscape Initiative, 1995, ISBN 978-0-16-048060-7 , p. 69.
  5. ↑ Steve Pinkham: The Mountains of Maine: Intriguing Stories Behind Their Names . Down East Books, 2009, ISBN 978-0-89272-892-3 , pp. 13 f.
  6. ↑ Florence N. Levi (Ed.): American Art Annual 1898 . tape 1 . McMillan, London / New York 1899 (English, babel.hathitrust.org ).
personal data
SURNAME Frost, George Albert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH Boston
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1907
Place of death Cambridge, Massachusetts