Friesz, Othon
Related Category: European Art, 1600 to the Present: Biographies
(Achille Émile Othon Friesz)(ôtôN´ frē´ĕs, äshēl´ āmēl´), 1879–1949, French painter. He studied under Bonnat at the École des Beaux-Arts, along with Matisse, Marquet, and Rouault. Early influenced by impressionism, he adopted the bold, colorful style of the painters involved in the development of
fauvism. He exhibited with them until 1908 when his work changed to become less explosive. His
Miarka (Art Inst., Chicago) is characteristic of his later period.
