Francis Seth Frost
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Portrait of F.S. Frost
Francis Seth Frost (1825–1902) or F.S. Frost was a painter, photographer, and businessman specializing in artists' materials. Based in Boston, Massachusetts, he travelled widely in the United States. Friends included Albert Bierstadt.[1] Frost kept an art studio in the Studio Building on Tremont Street in Boston.[2] In 1869 with E.H. Adams he began the artists' supply firm, Frost & Adams, which flourished into the 20th century.[3][4]
References[]
- ^ Peter E. Palmquist, Thomas R. Kailbourn. Pioneer photographers of the far west: a biographical dictionary, 1840-1865. Stanford University Press, 2000; p.253
- ^ Boston Directory. 1864
- ^ King's hand-book of Boston. Boston: 1889. Google books
- ^ Boston register and business directory. 1921
Further reading[]
- Houston, Jourdan. "Francis Seth Frost (1825-1902), Beyond Bierstadt's Shadow." American Art Review, August–September 1994 146-157.
External links[]
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- Smith College. Francis Seth Frost (1825–1902). South Pass, Wind River Mountains, Wyoming, 1860. Oil on canvas.
- Hood Museum. Francis Seth Frost. Moat Mountain, Intervale, New Hampshire. About 1872. Oil on canvas
- White Mountain Art & Artists
- New Hampshire Historical Society. Frost
- Smith College. South Pass, Wind River Mountains, Wyoming by Francis Seth Frost
Images[]
Lake Winnipesaukee, 19th century
Rocky New England coast, 1866
Mt. Washington, 19th century
Categories:
- 1825 births
- 1902 deaths
- Artists from Boston
- 19th century in Boston
- 19th-century American painters
- American male painters
- 20th-century American painters
- Cultural history of Boston
- American photographers
- Economic history of Boston