A Large Oil Painting by Frederick Arthur Bridgman ‘La Fête des Bois’, Circa 1897
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A Large Oil Painting by Frederick Arthur Bridgman ‘La Fête des Bois’, Circa 1897
By Frederick Bridgman
Located in Tarzana, CA
Frederick Arthur Bridgman La Fête des Bois, Les Bacchantes signed F.A. Bridgman (lower left) oil on canvas Dimensions: Height: 73" Width: 150" ( 185.4cm x 381cm) La fête des bois, les bacchantes imagines a celebratory procession of flower-crowned revelers parading joyfully through the woods. Bridgman exhibited a near identical version, approximately one third of its size, at the Paris Salon of 1896, no. 311 (for illustration, see Sotheby's, February 12, 1997, lot 71). The painting certainly raised eyebrows and stirred feisty commentary when it was exhibited at London's Royal Academy. As one critic wrote in the Atheneum: Provenance Sale: American Art Association, New York, The Works of F. A. Bridgman, March 14, 1899, lot 72 William Randolph Hearst (offered, his sale, Gimbel Brothers...
Late 19th Century Antique Frederick Bridgman Furniture
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