Frederick F. Fursman

Frederick Frary Fursman (nicknamed "Fursie") (February 15, 1874 May 12, 1943) was an American impressionist painter and educator who co-founded the Saugatuck Summer School of Painting (known today as the Ox-Bow School of Art and Artists' Residency, Michigan and co-directed or directed it for 30 years.

Career Fursman was born in El Paso, Illinois. He studied art in Chicago (1900-1906) and in France at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière and with Jean Paul Laurens at the Académie Julian, Paris (1906–1909). He exhibited his paintings at the Salon Société des Artistes Français in Paris (1908-1909). The Richard Norton Gallery in Chicago, Illinois held a solo exhibition of Fursman's work titled Frederick Frary Fursman: The Colors of Fauvism in 2018.

Work

Fursman's landscapes and figures painted in the open air are characterized by pure, unblended color and loose brushwork. He is described as an American Impressionist and the Toledo Museum of Art. Fursman's work is represented by the Richard Norton Gallery, Chicago, Illinois.