FKEMINET / ' ' >y. / V; l^/':j|al 2y v Rhone Valley near Geneva, Lake of Geneva, National Gallery, Berlin. FREMINET Fivminel), MARTIN, born in Paris, Sept. 24, 1507, cliocl there, June 18, 1010. French school ; first instructed by his father, a mediocre painter, then by Jean Cou- sin. Went to Koine (1591), was influenced by the Cava- liere d'Arpino, and studied the works of Par- migianino and Michelangelo. After spend- ing sixteen years in Italy lie rctunicd to .France, by way of Savoy, where he executed several large paintings for the duke's palace, and in KJ02 became court-painter to Henry IV., who intrusted him with the decoration of the chapel at Fontaineblean, which he had nearly completed at the time of his death. Was surnamed the French Michelangelo. Works : Several paintings in the Royal 1'al- ^ ace, Turin ; Mercury <^l, commanding JKneas - |- to abandon Dido, 1 IX K Louvre ; SS. Mat-
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J o h n , A u g u s - tine, Je- rome, Gregory, and Ambrose, Orleans Mu- seum. Bellier de la Chavignerie, i. 589 ; Ch. Blanc, Ecolc franchise ; Jal., (515 ; Lc- jeune, i. 121 ; iii, 302; Villot, Cat. Louvre. FRKRE, CHARLES (EDOL'AED), born in Paris, July 10, 1837. Genre, landscape, and portrait painter, son and pupil of Ed- ouard Frere, and pupil of Couture. Medal, 2d class, 1848; medal, 18G5. Works : Mule- teer in the Alps (1805) ; Chariot Race (1807) ; Stable Interior (1808); Basket-Sellers, Stu- dio Interior (1870); Horses unlading Trees (1872); Before the Rain (1875); Snow (1870); A Comer of Paris (1877) ; Gramigua Lava- I tory at Naples (1879); Donkey Tavern at j Trt'port, Wood-cutting at Ecouen (1880) ; , Hotel de Heaume in Paris, Chestnut- Trees at Bh'mur (1881) ; Truck at Ecouen, Studio (1882); Plaster Quarry at St. Brice, Isle of St. Denis (1883); Surgical Operation (1884); Press-house at Chatel-Guyon, Farriery in Paris {1885). FRERE, (CHARLES) THEODORE, born in Paris, June 24, 1815. Genre and land- scape painter, pupil of J. Cogniet and Roque- plan. Exhibited first picture in 1834. In 1830 he took part in the Algerian Expedi- tion, and afterwards spent some time in Egypt. Chiefly paints Eastern scenes. Medals: 2 d class, 1848 and 18G5. Works: Stable of Loiret (1835) ; Street of the Jews in Constantino (1842); Caravan at a Ford (1844); Market of Constantino (1848) ; Arabs Halting (1850), Ministry of the Interior; Mosque at Beyrout, Bazaar in Damascus (1855) ; Bazaar in Beyrout, Halt at Ghizeh (1857); Harem in Cairo, Donkeys and Don- key-Drivers in Cairo, Cafe Mohammed (1S59) ; Evening Halt at Minieh, Arab drink- ing at a Fountain in Cairo, Arabian Restau- | rant at the Gates of Choubrah, Festival at Ulema's in Constantinople (1861); Ruins of Karnac at Thebes, Bazaar in Girgeh, Potter at Esne (1803); Okale in the Morning (1804); Cafe of Galata, Island of Philso (1805); Arab Wedding in Cairo, The Even- ing Prayer (1800); Caravan of Mecca, Ruins of Palmyra (1808); Simoom, Theatre of Karaguez (1809); Evening Halt on Banks of Nile (1870), Caravan for Mecca, Twilight in Cairo (1875); Tomb of the Caliphs in Cairo (187C); Evening in Upper Egypt (1877) ; The Nile, Evening, Desert at Noon- day (1878); Beni Souef, In Cairo (1879); Copt Street in Cairo (1880) ; Jerusalem from the Valley of Jehoshaphat (1881); Simoom near the Sphinx, Morning near Cairo (1882); Cairo from the North (1883); The Nile at Nagadi (1884) ; The Pyramids and Plain of Gizeh, Street in Cairo '(1885); View of Kar- nac, Ruins of Luxor, Laval Museum ; Arabs resting in Caravansary, Nancy Museum ; 90
