Othon friesz biography

Achille-Émile Othon Friesz (French, –) was a painter primarily associated with Fauvism.

Achille-Émile Othon Friesz (6 February – 10 January ), who later called himself Othon Friesz, a native of Le Havre, was a French artist of the.!

Othon Friesz

French artist (1879–1949)

Othon Friesz
Photograph from c. 1930
Born	(1879-02-06)6 February 1879
Died	10 January 1949(1949-01-10) (aged 69)
Nationality	French
Known for	Painter
Movement	Post-Impressionism; Fauvism

Achille-Émile Othon Friesz (6 February 1879 – 10 January 1949), who later called himself Othon Friesz, a native of Le Havre, was a French artist of the Fauvist movement.

Biography

Othon Friesz was born in Le Havre, the son of a long line of shipbuilders and sea captains. He went to school in his native city. It was while he was at the Lycée that he met his lifelong friend Raoul Dufy.

Achille Emile Othon Friesz (known as 'Othon Friesz') was a French artist born in He received his education in Le Havre, together with friend and fellow.

Achille-Émile Othon Friesz, who later called himself Othon Friesz, a native of Le Havre, was a French artist of the Fauvist movement.

Achille-Émile Othon Friesz (6 February – 10 January ), who later called himself Othon Friesz, a native of Le Havre, was a French artist of the.

Born at Le Havre, he studied art at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and began to paint in an Impressionist style, eg The Seine at Paris (

French painter (of landscapes, portraits, figure compositions, and still-lifes), graphic artist, and designer, born in Le Havre.

He and Dufy studied at the Le Havre School of Fine Arts in 1895-96 and then went to Paris together for further study. In Paris, Friesz met Henri Matisse, Albert Marquet, and Georges Rouault. Like them, he rebelled against the academic teaching of Bonnat and became a member of the Fauves, exhibiting with them in 1907.