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Frederick Billing
"Algerian Horsemen in the Desert, " Frederick Billing, Orientalism, Arabian Horse
1902

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Frederick William Billing (1835 - 1914) Algerian Horsemen in the Desert (Arabian Horses), 1902 Oil on board 7 x 9 3/4 inches Signed and dated lower right Provenance: R. H. Love Galleries, Chicago Private Collection, Orion Lake, Michigan Frederick William Billing was born on October 2, 1835, in the town of Eschwege, near Kassel, Germany. His interest in painting developed at an early age but was not encouraged by his father, who wanted him to prepare himself for a career in business. In fact, his father forbade him to paint. Young Frederick would save enough money to buy paints and brushes, which he would conceal about the house. His father, on discovery, would confiscate them. As a young man Billing went into business, which made it necessary for him to travel considerably in Europe. Some time later, probably in 1856 when he came of age, he decided to seek his fortune in America. He came to the United States and settled in Brooklyn. Both Billing and his brother Gustav served in the Civil War on the side of the Union. After the war, Billing returned to Brooklyn and opened a brokerage business at No. 1 Wall Street. Billing took up painting again with considerable interest. His paintings during the late 1850's and in the early 1860's had been generally still life and figurative subjects with dark backgrounds. By the mid-1860's Billing turned to landscapes encouraged by a German-American painter named Johann H. Carmienke, with whom he studied. During the 1870's most of his paintings were European landscapes he recalled from earlier travels. He also continued painting scenes in the New York region. He exhibited once at the Brooklyn Academy of Painting. In the late 1870's, because of poor health, Billing decided to move to the western part of the United States and seek a more salubrious climate. His brother Gustav had preceded him, and now, with a partner, owned a smelter in Leadville, Colorado. Billing moved to Salt Lake where he became an ore buyer. For a brief period he operated the Flagstaff Mine in the Wasatch Range. Billing's paintings during the Salt Lake period were landscapes, scenes of the Wasatch Range, Twin Falls region, Green River, Teton Mountains, and Yellowstone Park, which he visited with the Moran brothers. Thomas Moran, perhaps the foremost of American landscape painters of the West at that time, considered Billing the most talented amateur painter he had encountered. The friendship of these men is indicated by a painting of the Falls of the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River, painted by Billing, with a large tree in the left foreground created by Thomas Moran, and a stag in the right foreground inserted by Moran's brother Peter, an animal painter. All three artists initialed their signatures. Billing also found inspiration for some of his paintings in early Jackson photographs supplied by his friends in the United States Geological Survey, among them its director, Major John Wesley Powell. At least one painting, The Empty Cradle, was inspired by an etching of Thomas Moran. Billing's productive Salt Lake period was from 1879 to 1883. Billing continued painting and sketching until his death in 1914.

Creator:
Frederick Billing (1834 - 1914, American)
Creation Year:
1902
Dimensions:
Height: 12 in (30.48 cm)Width: 15 in (38.1 cm)
Medium:
Oil,Board
Movement & Style:
Hudson River School
Period:
1900-1909
Condition:
Excellent.
Gallery Location:
New York, NY
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU115629020082

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