Artist

Frederick R. Spencer

1806–1875

132681

Works

Years lived

Folk Art

Style

Frederick’s work is defined by its folk art sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Selected works

132681 pieces

Lady in Brown

Frederick R. Spencer (American, 1806–1875)

Armor for Field and Tournament

Jörg T. Sorg, the Younger, after German, Augsburg, active 1502-1542

Elements of an Armor Garniture for the Field, Joust, and Tourney of a Radziwill Prince of Poland and Lithuania

South German; Augsburg

Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Concept Sketch

Frank O. Gehry American, born Canada 1929-2025

Frederick Douglass

Samuel J. Miller American, 1822–1888

The Huckster Cart

Robert Spencer (American, 1879–1931)

Composition in Brown

R. G. Gillet French, born 1939

Allegory of Balance #6

Hongwei Li Chinese, b. 1980

George Franklin Archer and the Archer Residence

Charles Spencer Humphreys American, 1818–1880

The Canyon

Frederick O'Hara (American, 1904-1980) printed by Irwin Hollander (American, born Netherlands 1927) published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1960)

Lights of Other Days

John Frederick Peto (American, 1854–1907)

War Bonnet

Frederick O'Hara (American, 1904-1980) printed by Irwin Hollander (American, born Netherlands 1927) published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1960)

Man Confronting Woman

Reginald Pannett English, active 1895-1925

A Lamplight Study: Herr Joachim

George Frederick Watts (English, 1817–1904)

Spencer Tracy, New York

Irving Penn American, 1917–2009

Painter Working Outdoors

Lloyd R. Jones American, 1890-1934

Wrigley Building

Ron Gordon American, born 1942

Hunter

Frederick O'Hara (American, 1904-1980) printed by Donald Roberts (American, 1923-2015) published by Tamarind Lithography Workshop (American, founded 1960)

Frances at the Piano

Frederick Carl Frieseke American, 1874-1939

Swatches of Drapery, Wallpaper and Upholstery Materials

Possibly designed by Otti Berger (Yugoslav, 1898–1944) Possibly produced by the Bauhaus Workshop (Germany, 1919–1933) Germany, Berlin, Dessau, or Weimar