Arthur Burdett Frost (1851 - 1928) American
Gouache and Ink on Paper
Measure 11 1/4"in H x 13 3/4"in W and 17 1/4"in H x 21 1/4"in W with frame
Known for: Illustrator and sporting art
Biography: A.B. Frost was born in Philidelphia in 1851, a time when Philadelphia was the sportsman's favoriate spot in the Northeast. Frost grew up watching and participating in many hunting experiences. He grew to love the sport and his sound draughtsmanship and intimate knowledge of nature combined to make him one of the greatest illustrators of rural America. He usually treated his characters with humor, and in his drawings there was a directness and honesty which showed his sympathetic understanding of his subject. His work was in great demand and appeared in numerous magazines such as "Century", "Scribner's", "Cosmopolitan" and "Harpers". The details in his pictures are always very specific, as though drawn on the spot, and so artfully chosen and placed as to carry out the picture's idea in a natural and entirely convincing manner. Frost may be best remembered now, however, for his charming illustrations for the "Uncle Remus" tales by Joel Chandler Harris. In the preface and dedication by Harris for the 1896 edition, he wrote of Frost "...you have conveyed into their quaint antics the illumination of your own inimitable humor, which is as true to our sun and soil as it is to the spirit and essence of the matter...The book was mine, but now you have made it yours, both sap and pith..."
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