The identity of the “Chinese Actress†is unknown. Fredericks gave the sculpture this title. She is probably someone he met through his work at Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he…
After working with Carl Milles in Sweden during the summer of 1930,
Milles sent Fredericks to Munich, Germany to gain additional experience at two renowned schools of the day. It is likely that Fredericks encountered…
Westbrook was a friend of Fredericks at the Cleveland School of Art who traveled with him in Europe in 1930-31. Fredericks modeled the portrait in Europe, had it cast in Munich, Bavaria and shipped it back to the U.S. …
Fredericks executed several wood carvings during his early career including this sculpture made during his senior year at the Cleveland School of Art or while traveling in Europe during his Matzen Fellowship.
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This portrait head of Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) is four times the size of life in heroic-scale. Compared with the idealized style of most of Fredericks' works, his portrait style is more realistic though simplified.
The identity of the “Chinese Actress†is unknown. Fredericks gave the sculpture this title. She is probably someone he met through his work at Cranbrook Educational Community in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, where he…