Biografie von Frederick DIELMAN (1847-1935)

Birth place: Hanover, Germany

Death place: Ridgefield, CT

Addresses: NYC; Ridgefield, CT

Profession: Painter, illustrator, craftsperson, etcher, teacher

Studied: Diez, Royal Acad., Munich.

Exhibited: NAD, 1877-97; Brooklyn AA, 1877-83; PAFA, 1880; Boston AC, 1886, 1890, 1903; AIC, 1894-95, 1897.

Member: ANA, 1881, NAD, 1883 (Pres., 1900-19; at time of his death the oldest member); AWCS; SAA, 1905; SI, 1910; Mur. P.; Nat. Inst. AL; Century Assn.; SC; FA Fed. of N.Y., 1910-15.

Work: two mosaic panels, LOC; Albany Savings Bank; Iowa State Capitol; Star" office, Wash., D.C."

Comments: Came to U.S. in childhood. He was ca. 17 years old, when C. Bohn of Washington, DC asked him to make a series of drawings of Virginia, many of which were published as lithographs by E. Sachse and Co. He drew a view of the laying of the cornerstone of the Soldiers Monument in Hampton, VA, in 1867 and created an oil painting of Harpers Ferry in 1877. In 1878 he visited East Hampton with other Tile Club members and returned for ten more summers. Position: A. Dir., CUASch, 1905-.

Sources: WW33; Wright, Artists in Virgina Before 1900; East Hampton: The 19th Century Artists' Paradise.