Frederic Clay Bartlett
| Frederic C. Bartlett | |
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Frederic Clay Bartlett at his easel, 1906
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| Born |
June 1, 1873 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Died | June 25, 1953 (aged 80) Beverly, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Complications from a stroke |
| Resting place | Graceland Cemetery |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Artist, Art collector |
| Known for | Art collection, |
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| Children | Frederic Clay Bartlett, Jr. |
| Parent(s) |
Adolphus C. Bartlett Mary Pitkin Bartlett |
| Relatives |
Maie Bartlett Heard(sister) Frank Dickinson Bartlett(brother) Florence Dibell Bartlett(sister) Eleanor Collamore Bartlett(sister) |
Frederic Clay Bartlett (June 1, 1873 – June 25, 1953) was an American artist and art collector known for his collection of French Post-Impressionist and modernist art. Bartlett was committed to promoting the work of fellow contemporary artists and was a founding member of the Arts Club of Chicago, a pioneering organization dedicated to the advancement of modern art.
Bartlett was born in Chicago to Mary Pitkin Bartlett and Adolphus Clay Bartlett, the president of the Hibbard Spencer Bartlett & Company, the company that originated the label True Value. He attended St. Paul's in Concord, New Hampshire, and the Harvard School for Boys in Chicago. However, at the age of nineteen, instead of pursuing a college degree, Bartlett left Chicago to study art in Europe.
Bartlett attributed the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 as his main source of inspiration regarding fine art. In 1894, Bartlett, along with fellow Chicagoan, Robert Allerton, would be admitted to the Royal Academy in Munich, an honor that very few Americans would earn. It was during his time in Germany that Bartlett would meet Dora Tripp from White Plains, New York, the woman that would eventually become his wife. In 1896, after completing their studies in Munich, Allerton and Bartlett would study under masters Aman-Jean and Collin during their enrollment at Ecole Collin. They would study drawing under Collin and Painting under Aman-Jean for two years while in Paris.
On October 4, 1898, Bartlett and Tripp would get married in upstate New York and spend the next year in Paris, studying under American painter James Abbott McNeill Whistler's art school. After Whistler's school closed, Bartlett enhanced his painting prowess by studying mural art with the direction of French master, Puvis de Chavannes. The following year, Bartlett and his wife would return to Munich to complete his art education.
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