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"The Dance Lesson”

Creator: Frank Frederico
Offered by: Arthur T. Kalaher Fine Art

Description
Original media media of watercolor, gouache and oil pastel on archival paper by the master pastel artist, Frank Frederico. Circa 1980. Signed by the artist top left. Condition is excellent. The subject is a children’s dance class with rich, vibrant colors. The artwork is housed in a thin brass toned metal frame with linen liner. UV clear plexiglass protects the artwork. Overall framed measurements are 26.25 by 38.25 inches. Provenance: Sarasota, Florida estate.

Frank Federico
” I believe that art is as
capricious as nature’s own whims. It is as permanent as the endless striving for universal harmony, but In a constant flux. My technique is varied with mood and empathy for the subject matter or motif.

Nature provides the catalyst — human or otherwise — with this constant flux of rhythms, shapes and boundless energy. Each painting speaks for itself and has a life of its own. I am the stoker of energy, the catalyzer.”

Artists Awards
2002: 2nd Prize, Louisiana Watercolor Society Annual National Exhibition; The Great American Art Works Fantastic Award, Pastel Society of North Florida Annual;
2001: Jack Richeson Award, Pastel Society of Painters on Cape Cod International Exhibit; Daler Rowney Gift Certificate, CPS Eighth Annual National Renaissance in Pastel; President’s Solo Exhibit Award, Kent Art Association.
2000: J. R. Reeves Award, CPS Renaissance in Pastels Annual Exhibit; 2nd Prize New England Pastel Society Annual; 1st Prize Watercolor, Artists Academic 50th Annual Exhibition; James G. Saunders Memorial Award, North Shore Art Association Open Juried Show 2000; Hahnemuhle Pastel Paper Award, PSA 28th Annual Open 2000; 2nd Prize, New England Watercolor Society Open Juried Show 2000; Best in Watercolor, Academic Artists Open Juried Show 2000, 1st Prize Watercolor, Academic Artists National, Springfield, MA; Portrait Award Pastel Journal 100 annual, Albuquerque, New Mexico
1999: Best in Show CT Pastel Society Annual Renaissance in Pastels; Honored as Master Pastellist by Pastel Society of America; National Renaissance in Pastel Award; inner Catalog Cover Contest for the IAPS 1999 Convention in Albuquerque, NM; Grumbacher Gold Medal Award, CA Watercolor Assoc 31st National; First prize pastels 199 SCAN Juried Art Show; Kemper Association Architects Award for Design, 1999 West Hartford league Open Juried Show.
1998: Pastel Society of American – 26th Annual Pastel Exhibition – Uschi Grueterich Memorial Award;
Kent Art Association – Kent Fall Show – Best in Show (Pastel);
National Watercolor Society – 8th Annual – Daler Rowney Merchandise Award (also elected signature member);
Piedmont Hall Art Exhibit (Somers, CT ) 1st Prize Watercolor;
Louisiana Watercolor Society Award – Edward Dupont Award;
Society of Creative Artists of Newtown (SCAN) 1st Prize Watercolor;
Rockport Art Association – Marguerite Pearson Gold Medal Award in painting, graphics or sculpture
1997: Society of Pastel Painters on Cape Cod – Landscape Award; Connecticut Pastel Society – B & S Publications Award
Prior to 1997 Mr. Federico has received many outstanding awards including the Bronze, Silver and Gold Grumbacher medals.

Selected Exhibitions
International / National
The National Gallery – Tokyo, Japan National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic
Gallery Vallhall – Stockholm, Sweden Allied Artists of America
Salmagundi Club
Pastel Society of America
New England Watercolor Society
National Watercolor Society
Regional
PS Gallery – Litchfield, CT Copley Art Society – Boston, MA
John Slade Ely House – New Haven, CT Greene Art Gallery – Guilford, CT
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Current Teaching Affiliations
West Hartford Art League – West Hartford, CT Greenville Arms – Greenville, NY
Rockport Art Association – Rockport, MA North Shore Art League – Gloucester, MA
Selected Articles Publications
Plein Air Painting with a Fauvist Touch, Pastel Society of America Newsletter (April 2000)
A Colorist Approach to Pastel, The Pastel Journal (Nov/Dec 1999)
A Workshop Experience, The Pastel Journal (Nov/Dec 1999)
Odyssey of a Mural’ by Frank Federico
Litchfield Living – Profile of an Artist, September 1994 (cover story)
Forman School 1991-1992 Annual Report
Waterbury Republican-American – Mural Reflects Diversity of UConn Campus – May 1992
The Hartford Courant – UConn Mural Marks Change – June 1992
Gallery Affiliations
Soho Gallery – Branchville, CT Elaine Beckwith Gallery – Jamaica, VT
PS Gallery – Litchfield, CT The Gallery – Burlingame, CA
Collections
Selected Corporate Private
IBM – New Orleans, LA Edward G. Robinson
Gulf Oil – Houston, TX Natalie Wood
Hart Development Corp Dick Ebersol & Susan St. James
Brunei M/M Chris Berman
Jack Eckerd Corp. – FL Dr. William Taylor
CT School of Broadcasting
Murals
University of CT – Storrs
Gorton Seafood Co – Rockport, MA
YMCA – New Orleans, LA
Detail fromSnow Scene
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Street Scene
Selected Signature Memberships
2002: Signature Member Status,
North Shore Arts Association, Gloucester,
MA
National Society of Painters in Casein & Acrylic
Connecticut Watercolor Society
Connecticut Pastel Society
Pastel Society of America
Allied Artists of America,
Kent Art Association
Degas Pastel Society of Pastel Painters on Cape Cod, Inc.
New England Watercolor Society
Rockport Art Association
National Watercolor Society
SCAN
Education
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Loyola University, New Orleans
John McCrady Art School, New Orleans
Television
Cable 5 – Litchfield, CT An Afternoon in Frank Federico’s Studio

More Information

Documentation:	Signed
Origin:	United States, Louisiana
Period:	1980-1999
Materials:	Watercolor, gouache and oil pastel on archival paper
Condition:	Excellent
Creation Date:	Circa 1980
Styles / Movements:	Modernism, Contemporary
Incollect Reference #:	526962