FREDERIC MIZEN "MOTHER AND CHILD, 1959" OIL ON CANVAS

Frederic Kimball Mizen (1888-1964) "Mother and Child, 1959" Oil on Canvas. Born in Chicago, Frederic Mizen became a noted western genre and landscape painter as well as illustrator, portraitist, and art teacher. From childhood, he had heard stories of the West from his father who was secretary to three generals active on the frontier. In Chicago, he attended the J. Francis Smith Academy of Art, studied there with Walter Ufer, and then enrolled in the Art Institute of Chicago. He also studied at the Academy Julian in Paris. During the summers, he painted in the West, joining Walter Ufer in Taos, New Mexico, which was becoming an established art colony. After Mizen established his own art school in Chicago, he regularly took students to Taos in the summers. In 1936, he founded the Frederic Mizen Academy of Art in Chicago and did Indian studies and Southwest landscapes for the Santa Fe Railroad. He also received numerous portrait commissions. For eight years, 1952 to 1960, he Chaired the Department of Art of Baylor University, and he was a member of the Art Institute of Chicago. Artist: Frederic Mizen Title: "Mother and Child, 1959" Medium: Oil on Canvas Signature Type: Hand Signed | Signature Location: Lower Right | Site Measurement: 24" x 20" | Ref: BD2106

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