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Frances Strain Biesel: 1898-1962

Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Drawings
May 20 – June 15, 1963

 
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Self Portrait 1922
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Still Life with Teapot 1924
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
South Chicago Steel Mills 1926
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Kitty and Daffy 1927
Oil
Courtesy of Collection Mr. and Mrs. Carlos A. Spiess
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Sassafras Grove 1931
Oil
Courtesy of Collection Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Hester
 
Frances Strain Biesel
The Great Aunt 1935
Watercolor
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Self Portrait 1936
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
In the Garden 1936
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Life and Death in New Orleans 1938
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
House in a Field 1938
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Spring Gardening 1939
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
The Bay Window 1940
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
November 1948
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Green Corn 1949
colored ink over water color
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Iris 1949
Ink and sepia wash
Courtesy of Collection Mr. and Mrs. Carlos A. Spiess
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Field Flowers 1950
Ink over water color
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Windfalls 1951
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Bouquet with Mimosa
Colored ink over water color
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Furnessville Woods 1953
Ink over water color
Courtesy of Collection Mr. and Mrs. Carlos A. Spiess
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Looking Back 1956
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Cleo and the Boys 1956
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
The Geranium Window 1957
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Girl 1957
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Landscape Revisited
Ink over water color
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Night Bouquets 1958
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Summer Green and Gold 1958
Ink over water color
 
Frances Strain Biesel
The Plaster Cat 1959
Oil
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Squash, Limes, and Grapes 1960
Ink over water color
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Furnessville Woods 1960
Ink over water color
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Woods in Sunlight 1960
Ink over water color
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Brown Eyed Susans
Colored ink over water color
unfinished, unsigned
 
Frances Strain Biesel
The Day of the Birds 1961
Water color
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Red Lillies 1962
Colored ink over water color
 
Frances Strain Biesel
Old Tree with Two Empty Chairs 1962
Oil
unfinished, unsigned
 
Frances Foy
Portrait of Frances Strain Biesel 1932
Painting
 

   
   
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