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Arthur Burdett Frost

Arthur Burdett Frost (1851 - 1928) was active/lived in Pennsylvania, California.  Arthur Frost is known for Illustrator and sporting art.

A famous illustrator and sporting artist, Arthur B. Frost is perhaps best known for his illustrations for the Uncle Remus tales by Joel Chandler Harris, as well as for naturalistic hunting and shooting prints. Many consider him to be the best illustrator of rural America.

An ardent sportsman himself, many of Frosts favorite subjects were hunting, fishing, and golfing. Often his golfing subjects tended towards humor. His scenes capture the drama of the sport - a hunter poised to shoot and a dog on point - with elements often integrated into a richly detailed woodland or marsh setting.

Frost chronicled aspects of America's cultural life for over five decades. From the late 19th to the early 20th centuries, his art appeared in the many books and publications of the time, including Harper's Weekly, Scribner's, and Life magazines.

Frost's illustrations always evoked the essence of a setting and its mood, whether depicting the hilarious escapades of the family cat or   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 10345 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Arthur Burdett Frost

   Publications  Book References:  64
Magazine References:  4

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4 Miscellaneous Magazine References for Arthur Burdett Frost
Magazine Article Date Author Color
American Art Review American Sporting Art December 2000 Mayo, Robert B Yes
American Art Review The Tile Club (1877-1887) December 1999 Pisano, Ronald G Yes
Wildlife Art A Timeline of Masters February 1998 Abbett, Robert K Yes
American Art Review Sharing Your Paintings August 1994 Davies, Thomas Yes
64 Book References for Arthur Burdett Frost
Year Author Title Pages Color
2021 Peterson, Dr. Larry Len The American West Reimagined: Gems from the Coeur d'Alene Art Auction 528 Yes
2016 Bacharach, Joan (General Editor) Treasured Landscapes: National Park Service Art Collections Tell America's Stories (National Park Service) 160 Yes
2005 AskART.com Inc. -
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005 479 No
2005 Davenport, Ray Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition 2421 No
2003 Rasmussen, William M.S.; Robert S. Tilton Old Virginia: The Pursuit of a Pastoral Ideal 252 Yes
2002 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California: 1786-1940 (Two Volumes)
Available For Sale.
1249 No
2001 Reed, Walt The Illustrator in America, 1860-2000 The Society of Illustrators 452 Yes
2001 Sellin, David; Mark Sullivan Thomas Eakins and His Fellow Artists at the Philadelphia Sketch Club
(Exhibition catalog)
52 Yes
1999 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art, 1564-1975: Three Volumes 3724 No
1999 Pisano, Ronald; M Apicello The Tile Club: And the Aesthetic Movement in America 112 Yes
1999 Steiner, Raymond J The Art Students League of New York: A History (Students) 187 No
1996 Burns, Sarah Inventing the Modern Artist Art and Culture in Gilded Age America 380 No
1995 Barnhill, Georgia B Wild Impressions The Adirondacks on Paper 99 Yes
1994 Simpson, Marc The Rockefeller Collection American Art (at San Francisco Museums Fine Art)
(Exhibition catalog)
315 Yes
1991 Gilbert Anne American Illustrator Art Official Price Guide 1991 Yes
1990 Axelrod, Alan Art of the Golden West 418 Yes
1990 Gerdts, William H Art Across America: New England, New York, Mid-Atlantic (Volume One) 421 Yes
1990 McElroy, Guy C Facing History The Black Image in American Art 1710-1940
(Exhibition catalog)
190 Yes
1990 Spanierman Gallery The Spencer Collection of American Art/An Exhibition
(Exhibition catalog)
64 Yes
1989 Falk, Peter Hastings Annual Exhibition Record, 1876-1913, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Volume II
(Exhibition catalog)
612 No
1989 Hughes, Edan Milton Artists in California, 1786-1940 637 No
1988 Falk, Peter Hastings Dictionary of Signatures & Monogram 556 No
1986 Chetham, Charles; David Grose A Guide to the Collections: Smith College Museum of Art 312 Yes
1986 Larson, Judy L American Illustration 1890-1925 Romance, Adventure and Suspense 159 Yes
1986 Opitz, Glenn B (editor) Mantle Fielding's Dictionary of American Painters, Sculptors & Engravers 1081 No
1986 Zellman, Michael David 300 Years of American Art (two volumes) 1102 Yes
1985 Dawdy, Doris Artists of the American West: Three Volumes A Biographical Dictionary 1184 No
1985 Falk, Peter Hastings (Editor) Who Was Who in American Art: Artists Active Between 1898-1947 707 No
1984 Marlor, Clark S The Society of Independent Artists Exhibition Record 1917-1944
(Exhibition catalog)
600 No
1984 Orr-Cahill, Christina The Art of California Selected Works/ Oakland Museum 199 Yes
1984 Reed, Walt and Roger The Illustrator in America, 1880-1980: A Century of Illustration 355 Yes
1983 Moritz, Albert F America the Picturesque In Nineteenth Century Engraving 167 No
1983 Reed, Henry M The World of A B Frost His Family and Their Circle
(Exhibition catalog)
28 Yes
1982 Dooley, John (Foreward) Sketch Club Tricentennial Year Book A Salute to Philadelphia, 1682-1982 30 No
1982 Johnson, Fridolf Treasury of American Pen-and-Ink Illustration 1881 to 1938 149 No
1982 Koke, Richard J American Landscape/Genre Paintings in the New York Historical Society (3 vols) 1243 No
1981 Harthan, John The History of the Illustrated Book The Western Tradition 288 Yes
1981 Nassau County Museum Animals in American Art 1880's-1980's
(Exhibition catalog)
64 Yes
1980 Boston Public Library The Artist and the Child Exhibition of Children's Books
(Exhibition catalog)
96 No
1979 Baigell, Mathew Dictionary of American Art 390 No
1979 Ballinger, James K Beyond the Endless River W American Drawings, W/C-19th Cen
(Exhibition catalog)
182 Yes
1979 Doumato, Lamia American Drawing A Guide to Information Sources 246 No
1979 Haverstock, Mary Sayre An American Bestiary 248 Yes
1979 Karpel, Bernard/Ruth Spiegel Arts in America/A Bibliography Volume 2 (Painting and Graphics) 736 No
1978 Perlman, Bennard B Golden Age of American Illustration F R Gruger and His Circle 232 Yes
1977 Hills, Patricia Turn-of-the-Century America Paintings, Graphics, Photographs 1890-1910
(Exhibition catalog)
194 Yes
1976 Bader, Barbara American Picturebooks from Noah's Ark to the Beast Within 615 Yes
1976 Samuels, Peggy and Harold The Illustrated Biographical Encyclopedia of Artists of the American West 549 No
1976 Stebbins, Theodore E American Master Drawings and Watercolors A History of Works on Paper 464 Yes
1975 Arkelian, Marjorie The Kahn Collection Of 19th Century Paintings by Artists in Caifornia 64 Yes
1975 Editor, Smithsonian Smithsonian Archives of American Art: Checklist of the Collection 0 No
1973 Pisano, Ronald J Students of William Merritt Chase
(Exhibition catalog)
44 No
1972 Earle, Helen L Biographical Sketches of American Artists 370 No
1968 Pitz, Henry C The Brandywine Tradition 252 Yes
1966 Reed, Walt The Illustrator in America 1900-1960s 272 Yes
1965 Richardson, Edgar P Painting in America From 1502 to the Present 456 Yes
1961 Hofer, Philip The Artist and the Book 1860-1960 In Western Europe and the United States
(Exhibition catalog)
232 Yes
1953 Taft, Robert Artists and Illustrators- Old West 1850-1900 400 No
1945 Baltimore Museum of Art Two Hundred and Fifty Years (of) Painting in Maryland
(Exhibition catalog)
78 No
1938 Bolton, Theodore American Book Illustrators Bibliographic Checklist of 123 Artists 290 No
1938 Murrell, William History of American Graphic Humor 1865-1938 267 No
1935 Mallett, Daniel Trowbridge Mallet's Index of Artists: International-Biographical Two Volumes: Includes 1940 Index 1130 No
1932 Hartmann, Sadekichi A History of American Painting Revised Edition, Two Volumes in One 363 No
1931 Neuhaus, Eugen The History and Ideals of American Art 444 No
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