Woman with Jewels

While the expansive gardens and landscapes of Giverny provided much of Frieseke's subject matter, he occasionally transposed his outdoor light and color into more intimate settings. Often, Frieseke experimented with contrasting patterns, further incorporating into his canvases various designs seen on furniture, wallpaper, and fabric, as he does with the interior setting and the pink dress which appear in the present work, Women with Jewels. As William H. Gerdts points out, "it was Frieseke who introduced into the repertory of Giverny painting the concern for rich, decorative patterns, related to the art of Edouard Vuillard, Pierre Bonnard, and the other Nabi painters." (Monet's Giverny: An Impressionist Colony, New York, 1993, p. 172)

This painting will be inlcuded in the forthcoming catalogue raisonn of Frieseke's work being compiled by Nicholas Kilmer, the artist's grandson.