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Arthur Burdett Frost

American, 1851-1928
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 farm dog, or the serene pastoral lifestyle of the native northeast. His sound draftsmanship was combined with an intimate knowledge of nature. Frosts details in his pictures were very specific, as though drawn on the spot, and done in a very convincing manner. In the preface and dedication by Harris of his book Uncle Remus, Harris 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" Other well known examples of Frosts illustrations are Brer Fox and Brer Rabbit from The Tar Baby. Frost was known to have spent time in the art colony of Rockport, on the Eastern Shore of Cape Ann, Massachusetts, where he is said to have gone because of painter Gilbert Tucker Margeson. He also summered at the noted Shinnecock Hills Summer School of Art, which William Merritt Chase set up a few miles west of Southampton, New York. Shinnecock Hills became the best known of all the out-of-doors summer art schools that developed in America during the late nineteenth century, and attracted hundreds of aspiring young men and women, including Frost, Rockwell Kent, Lydia Field Emmet, and many others. Frost was red-green color blind, but it was not a great handicap since the majority of his work was reproduced in black and white. He managed to work successfully in color by reading the labels on the tubes and placing the colors in the proper order on his palette. Arthur Frost is the father of impressionist painter John Frost (b. 1890 in Philadelphia - 1937), and as a young man John studied art with his father before going on to study in Europe.
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Men Reading the Newspaper
Men Reading the Newspaper

Men Reading the Newspaper

By Arthur Burdett Frost

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Story illustration, image of a man reading the newspaper surrounded by other men. Arthur Burdett Frost was our best illustrator of rural Ameri...

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19th Century Other Art Style Arthur Burdett Frost

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Set of 6 Golf Drawings and Page titled "He Got Madder and Madder and Madder"
Set of 6 Golf Drawings and Page titled "He Got Madder and Madder and Madder"

Set of 6 Golf Drawings and Page titled "He Got Madder and Madder and Madder"

By Arthur Burdett Frost

Located in Fredericksburg, VA

This charming and historically rich group of drawings, titled He Got Madder and Madder and Madder, is a complete narrative golf series by renowned American illustrator A. B. Frost, c...

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Early 20th Century Arthur Burdett Frost

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Paper, Ink

"She Makes me Work" Original illustration
"She Makes me Work" Original illustration

"She Makes me Work" Original illustration

By Arthur Burdett Frost

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Artwork Dimensions: 18 x 13.5 in. Medium: Gouache on Board Signature: Signed Lower Right

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20th Century Arthur Burdett Frost

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Gouache, Board

"His Constituents" illustration for the poem "The Day of Reckoning"
"His Constituents" illustration for the poem "The Day of Reckoning"

"His Constituents" illustration for the poem "The Day of Reckoning"

By Arthur Burdett Frost

Located in Fort Washington, PA

The image features a political discussion. Published to accompany the poem “The Day of Reckoning” in Drawings by A. B. Frost (New York: Duffield & Co.), 1904. Subsequently released ...

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Early 1900s Arthur Burdett Frost

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"Heah's a few little trinkets I picked up" or "Phil and the Judge"
"Heah's a few little trinkets I picked up" or "Phil and the Judge"

"Heah's a few little trinkets I picked up" or "Phil and the Judge"

By Arthur Burdett Frost

Located in Fort Washington, PA

"Heah's a Few Little Trinkets I Picked Up," or "Phil and the Judge" Probable book or magazine illustration showing the character named Phil in front of a judge. Artwork Dimension...

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Early 1900s Arthur Burdett Frost

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Paper, Watercolor

"As Long as You's Single Dere's Hope" Scribner's Magazine, 1915
"As Long as You's Single Dere's Hope" Scribner's Magazine, 1915

"As Long as You's Single Dere's Hope" Scribner's Magazine, 1915

By Arthur Burdett Frost

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Signed "A. B. Frost" Lower Right by Artist "Jes tak' yo coat off, end dem collars end cuffs, end go out in de yard end cut de grass." Illustration for "As Long as You's Single Dere'...

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1910s Arthur Burdett Frost

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The Itinerant Fiddler
The Itinerant Fiddler

The Itinerant Fiddler

By Arthur Burdett Frost

Located in Fort Washington, PA

Date: 1890 Medium: Watercolor en Grisaille Dimensions: 18.00" x 26.75" Signature: Signed Lower Left Editorial illustration, image of a man playing a violin with other men looking on...

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1890s Arthur Burdett Frost

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The Peg Legged Man
The Peg Legged Man

The Peg Legged Man

By Arthur Burdett Frost

Located in Fort Washington, PA

The Peg Legged Man Arthur Burdett Frost was our best illustrator 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 subjects. His sound draughtsmanship was combined with an intimate knowledge of nature. 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. He may be best remembered now, however, for his charming illustrations for the Uncle Remus...

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20th Century Other Art Style Arthur Burdett Frost

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Paper, Pen, Pencil

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Waiting by the Hearth

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Dried Up

Dried Up

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Located in Fort Washington, PA

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19th century Framed Sporting Prints by A.B. Frost Set of Four

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Located in Savannah, GA

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