John Robinson Frazier (American, 1889-1966). Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 24" x 20". “Woman in Red” was a demonstration for a portrait painting class John Frazier taught at RISD. What an excellent example of an artist who mastered his craft. Known as a stern and demanding instructor at RISD, Frazier clearly reminds his students that he was a facile painter with very high standards. For burgeoning artist John Frazier mastering the fundaments of painting would be his easiest career task; journeying through the tumultuous and transitional times in American art would reveal his true savvy. Frazier garnered early art education from Rhode Island School of Design in 1909 and the New York Art Students League in 1912, ironically, these American art schools which had only come into existence at the end of the nineteenth century were under attack by the twentieth century for cultural parochialism. Recent graduates, such as Frazier, began their precarious professions with solid academic values but the un-nerving undercurrent that the very tenets of their art education were about to be revolutionized. Frazier mastered the cross currents of the art world and became Chairman of the Fine Arts Dept. at Rhode Island School of Design and served as President of RISD from 1955 – 1962.

Good

24 x 20 in

4 lb