From John Everett Millais to Emma Amos: Iconic Painters on Frieze Viewing Room
Explore works by renowned painters on the Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2022 edition, including 19th-century masters and 20th-century icons
Explore works by renowned painters on the Frieze London and Frieze Masters 2022 edition, including 19th-century masters and 20th-century icons
Frieze Viewing Room is open until 17 October. Featuring an exceptional range of works from the canon of art history, highlights from painters of the 19th and 20th centuries include…
Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard
Rodrigo de Bivar “El Cid” and his father, Don Diego, 1827
Oil on canvas
$50-100k
Courtesy of Stair Sainty Gallery
Focusing on a theme of portraiture and figural painting, Stair Sainty’s viewing room features artworks by 19th century artists such as Alexandre-Evariste Fragonard, Jacques-Émile Blanche and Baron François Pascal Simon Gérard (Stair Sainty Gallery, Frieze Masters, Stand E6).
George Frederick Watts
Loch Ness, 1889
Oil on canvas
Price on Application
Courtesy of Martin Beisly Fine Art
Martin Beisly's Viewing Room will bring together exceptional examples of Pre-Raphaelite and Victorian paintings made between 1830-1910, including works by George Frederick Watts and Sir John Everett Millais; alongside bronzes and furniture from the same era (Martin Beisly Fine Art, Frieze Masters, Stand F11).
Sir John Everett Millais
Gertrude Vanderbilt at Age 14, 1888
Oil on canvas
Price on Application
Courtesy of Martin Beisly Fine Art
Emma Amos
Thurgood and Thelonious, Some Names to Name Your Children, 1989
Acrylic on canvas with hand-woven fabric, paper collage, and African fabric borders (triptych), plus floor panel
$ 325,000
Courtesy of the Artist and Ryan Lee Gallery
A dynamic painter and masterful colourist, Emma Amos’s commitment to interrogating the art-historical status quo yielded a body of vibrant and intellectually rigorous work; Amos uses her own likeness to demonstrate her longstanding interest in making art that reflects the experience of black women (Ryan Lee Gallery, New York, Frieze London, Stand G22).
Jack Whitten
Psychic Square, 1969
Oil on canvas
$ 475,000
Courtesy of Hauser & Wirth and Moretti Fine Art
With a series of exceptional Old Master works create dialogues in art across the centuries, this gallery’s viewing room celebrates artists such as Jack Whitten, heralded for his innovative processes of applying paint to the surface of his canvases and transfiguring their material terrains (Hauser & Wirth, London, Frieze Masters, Stand D1).
Joan Mitchell
Untitled, 1979
Pastel on paper
$500k-1m
Courtesy of Barbara Mathes Gallery
Barbara Mathes Gallery presents 20th century artists Ed Clark and Joan Mitchell; in pairing these two artists, this viewing room explores their mutual influence and their common ground – their interests in bold color and the powerful brushstrokes that define their oeuvres – while comparing their distinct approaches to abstract painting (Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York, Frieze Masters, Stand B6).
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Ed Clark (1926-2019), Untitled, 1996, Dry pigment on paper, 29 1/8 x 41 1/8 in; 74 x 104.5 cm, Framed: 34 3/4 x 46 1/2in; 88.27 x 118.11 cm, Courtesy of the Artist and Barbara Mathes Gallery
